Allan Guinn
Private First Class
F CO, 2ND BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Bokoshe, Oklahoma
January 31, 1948 to January 26, 1967
ALLAN GUINN is on the Wall at Panel 14E, Line 80

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Allan Guinn
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14 Sep 2004

I'm writing this so Allan will not be forgotten. I live about 4 blocks from where Allan is laid to rest. One day I was walking around in New Hope Cemetery when I found a grave grown up. I cleaned the grave. I found it was too much to let a fellow Vietnam veteran's grave go uncleaned and not looked after. If anyone knew Allan Guinn from the 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, rest assured his grave will be maintained as long as I'm alive! When we entered Vietnam, we became suddenly aware that we were entering into the heart of darkness and the edge of civilization: But we entered.. our Country was beckoning. Illusion and reality blended into the landscape, and time as we knew it stopped! We now became brothers in arms - as William Shakespeare said, "For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother... "

Billy Huddleston
MSG, US Army (Ret)


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, lost 17 men on 26 Jan 1967 during heavy fighting in Quang Nam Province:
  • F Company:
    • LCpl James E. Myers, Bloomfield, NJ
    • Pfc James P. Bauer, St Louis, MO
    • Pfc Kirby W. Bradford, Limestone, TN
    • HN Dell C. Geise, Burlington, WI (Silver Star)
    • Pfc Allan Guinn, Bokoshe, OK
    • Pfc William F. Kranz, Solvay, NY

  • H Company:
    • 2ndLt Earl F. Smith, Albany, OR
    • Pfc Dennis W. Baxter, Summit, NJ
    • Pfc Gary T. Fraley, Fremont, IN
    • Pfc Mark E. Robinson, Manhattan Beach, CA
    • Pfc Richard N. Stansell, Los Angeles, CA

  • H&S Company:
    • Sgt Thomas J. Carey, Muncie, IN
    • Cpl Douglas L. Tracy, Hagerstown, MD
    • LCpl David Jamison, Las Vegas, NV
    • LCpl Nelson K. Rivers, Ferrisburgh, VT
    • LCpl Joseph R. Wallen, Dorchester, MA
    • HN Edwin L. Youngman, Fraser, CO

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