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Personal info

Full name
SWEET, Allen Edward
Date of birth
13 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Lisbon, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
11083494
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 2

Immediate family

Members
Earl S. Sweet (father)
Bertha E. (Austin) Sweet (mother)
Helen B. Sweet (sister)
Morris Sweet (brother)
Maynard Sweet (brother)
John Sweet (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Allen E. Sweet attended high school for 4 years and was a hotel clerk before he volunteered for the U.S. Army in Manchester, New Hampshire on 23 September 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Samantha Williams Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Judith A. VonFeldt