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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Claude Wilson
Date of birth
17 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Crichton, Mobile County, Alabama
Hometown
Crichton, Mobile County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34338845
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the Vicinity of Augny, France.

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 28 17

Immediate family

Members
Bennie J. Allen Sr. (father)
Laura B. (Smith) Allen (mother)
Dorothy Allen (sister)
Bennie J. Allen Jr. (brother)
Virginia Allen (sister)
Carl Allen (brother)
Charles Allen (brother)
Ruth Allen (sister)
Jerry Allen (brother)
Ester Allen (sister)
Lillie M. Allen (wife)

More information

Sgt Claude W. Allen worked on his dairy farm before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama, on 24 August 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. Headstone and Interment Record
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Major M / Dolores Maxwell