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STEEN, Allen Cameron - Date of
birth
21 December 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
20310319 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 December 1944 - Place of
death
Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 44 | 23 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Harry E. Steen (father)
Ina B. (Ziegler) Steen (mother)
Edmund G. Steen (brother)
Susan E. Steen (sister)
Richard L. Steen (brother)
More information
Pvt Allen C. Steen enlisted in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.He attended Cranberry High School and later was employed by the Bolles garage in Polk. He was also well known as a driver in the Jalopy races staged hero.
He left for service with the Oil City anti-tank company of the 112th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard, on 26 February 1941, and went overseas with the same company in October 1943.
A telegram informed the parents that their son was missing in action on 19 January 1945. They received the last letter of their son on 9 December 1944. In it he told of the narrow escapes he had had since the invasion of Germany began.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com,www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, www.newspapers.com - The News-Herald - 3 April 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten