THE WALL OF FACES

Private First Class Roy Ranson Allen, Served with Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

PFC Roy R. Allen was an Airborne-qualified infantryman serving with B Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. On March 21, 1966, PFC Allen was recreational swimming in the Song Be River in Binh Duong Province, RVN, when he reportedly drowned. Nearby soldiers pulled him from the water and administered rescue breathing but were unable to revive him. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “2 N.J. Soldiers Die in Viet.” Publication and date unknown, courtesy of Beth Zak-Cohen, Librarian, Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ]

DEAR PFC ALLEN,
I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE A PHOTO POSTED. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AIRBORNE QUALIFIED GRUNT.
REST IN PEACE.

Dear PFC Roy Ransom Allen, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter

Roy is buried at Synman Grace Cemetery, Oxford,NC.