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Personal info

Full name
ALLCHIN, David Loyd George
Date of birth
29 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Hometown
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39281988
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
Near Hommerdingen-Mettendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 26

Immediate family

Members
David Allchin (father)
Annie (Bain) Allchin (mother)
John W. Allchin (brother)
Phyllis D. Allchin (sister)
June E. (Brown) Allchin (wife)
David G. Allchin (son)

More information

Pfc David L. G. Allchin attended Pasadena Junior College and was a concert violinist.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 8 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the head.

The picture shows his father and mother visiting his grave.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com -1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Brooks Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - SoCalSig / nepper, Pasadena Junior College 1938