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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Robert Kendrick
Date of birth
9 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Metcalfe County, Kentucky
Hometown
Hart County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35042935
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 32

Immediate family

Members
James C. Allen (father)
Kate (Jameson) Allen (mother)
Annie K. Allen (sister)
Mary F. Allen (sister)
James H. Allen (brother)
Nellie B. Allen (sister)
Allene A. Allen (sister)
Josie B. Allen (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Robert K. Allen enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 16 March 1942.
He attended high school for 3 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / George Allen Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery