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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, John C
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Vermont
Hometown
Glens Falls, Warren County, New York

Military service

Service number
42145769
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
21st Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 48

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Bromley (foster father)
Helen M. Allen (wife)
Sharon Allen (daughter)
Ethan Allen (son)

More information

Pfc John C. Allen was a guard at the General Electric Company plant at Fort Edwar.

He enlisted on 22 June 1944 and trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.11tharmoreddivision.com

Photo source: Jac Engels, The Post Star 16 April 1945