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Personal info

Full name
CHAMBERS, Allen F
Date of birth
8 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37610941
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 48

Immediate family

Members
Allen F. Chambers (father)
Minnie M. (Reed) Chambers (mother)
Roy C. Chambers (brother)
Harvey R. Chambers (brother)
Homer J. Chambers (brother)
Allene F. Chambers (twin sister)

More information

Pfc Allen F. Chambers was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Helminen Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery