Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 91B – Medical Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Medical Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: Medic Attached to E Troop, 2/11 ACR
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 2-Sep-1948
Hometown: Abilene, Texas
Marital status: Married to Helen G. Allison
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 31-May-1967
Start of tour: 22-Nov-1967
Incident date: 9-Jul-1968
Date of casualty: 9-Jul-1968
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Sam Stephen Allison died from wound received while on combat operation when hostile force was engaged in firefight.
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Texas, USA
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ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL
WITH VALOR DEVICE
POSTHUMOUS
SPECIALIST FOUR SAM STEPHEN ALLISON
12 MARCH 1968
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS TROOP, 2nd SQUADRON
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
Private First Class Allison distinguished himself by heroism in connection with military operations against a hostile force on the night of 12 March 1968, while serving as a Medical Aidman with Troop E, 2d Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, on a combat mission in conjunction with Troop F, in the Republic of Vietnam. When the units position came under intense rocket and automatic weapons fire, Private Allison courageously moved throughout the vast area, treating the wounded and preparing them for evacuation. Private First Class Allison’s heroic actions are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, General orders No. 5505 (9 July 1968)