Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
LOTTRIDGE, Allen Kendall
Date of birth
15 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Hometown
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39339189
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimschweiler - Zweibrucken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 19 39

Immediate family

Members
Jason P. Lottridge (father)
Jeanette J. (Kendall) Lottridge (mother)
Marie C. (Davis) Lottridge (wife)
Abbie F. Lottridge (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Allen K. Lottridge graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor degree in arts in 1935. The following year he took his L.L.B. (Bachelor of Law) degree and practised in Portland as an attorney.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 25 August 1943.

He was reported wounded in action by small arms fire in August and November 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the head, abdomen, pelvis and back.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nancy Lang