Allen R. Schindler, Jr. American sailor (born 1969)

Murder of Allen R. Schindler Jr.

American sailor murdered for being gay (1969–1992)

Allen R. Schindler Jr. was an American Radioman Petty Officer Third Class in the United States Navy who was murdered for being gay. He was killed in a public toilet in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, by Terry M. Helvey, who acted with the aid of an accomplice, Charles E. Vins, in what…