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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Robert Hartley
Date of birth
20 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Glassboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33113405
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Corny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 17

Immediate family

Members
Harry F. Allen (father)
Jeannie P. (Packer) Allen (mother)
Donald P. Allen (brother)
Virginia A. Allen (sister)
Harry H. Allen (brother)
Marjorie J. Allen (sister)
Barbara C. Allen (sister)
Ruth M. Allen (sister)
Charlotte H. (Lanz) Allen (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert H. Allen was a retail manager at F.W. Woolworth Company before he joined the Regular Army in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 24 October 1941.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / U.S WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Marriages, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave – Dave Hansen