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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1946 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr.
to remember
Allmond, Barry Kenneth (Sundog 20), Capt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Fort Worth, TX |
Last Address
Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN
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Casualty Date
May 11, 1972 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Binh Long (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery - Summerville, South Carolina |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
01W 023 |
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Last Known Activity
Captain Barry Kenneth Allmond was from Ft. Worth, Texas and born on 2 February 1946. He was 26 and married when he was lost. Captain Allmond was a Sundog Forward Air Controller assigned to the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Airport at Saigon. He was flying aircraft O-2 S/N 68-11000 when he was hit in Binh Long Province South Vietnam. Captain Allmond was one of several FACs controlling air strikes in defense of the city of An Loc. An SA-7 SAM may have hit him; many were seen there after the 11th. Captain Allmond was a graduate of the Citadel and served 259 days in combat. His body was eventually recovered.
He was 1 of 7 Citadel Class of '68 members to be lost in Vietnam
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Comments/Citation
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44472266
https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/a/ax08.htm
http://www.citadel.edu/citadel-history/war-deaths/vietnam-war.html
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