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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Robert Gale
Date of birth
31 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana
Hometown
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37204779
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Opheusen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
unknown

Immediate family

Members
David L. Allen (father)
Caroline (Gak) Allen (mother)
Grace L. Allen (sister)
Ivan M. Allen (brother)

More information

Pvt Allen attended William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri with the class of 1941.

He was initially buried at The Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek near Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards, www.specialforcesroh.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, William Chrisman High School - 1939