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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Melvin Burton
Date of birth
14 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
Hometown
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36955409
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Abaucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 15 12

Immediate family

Members
George M. Allen (father)
Virginia B. (Willey) Allen (mother)
Carl Hofer (stepfather)
Barbara Allen (sister)
George M. Allen (brother)
Mary P. Allen (sister)
Dorothy Allen (sister)
Wayne Allen (brother)
Harold H. Hofer (half-brother)
Carl H. Hofer (half-brother)
Darline L. Hofer (half-sister)
Virginia B. (Evans) Allen (wife)
Barbara K. Allen (daughter)

More information

Pvt Melvin B. Allen graduated from Rock Island High School in 1933 and was an assembler employed by Birtman Electric Co.

He enlisted on 15 March 1944.

Pvt Allen received his training in Camp Wolters, Texas and Fort Meade, Maryland before being sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940/1950 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men/ US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Rock Island High School 1933