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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Lark
Date of birth
17 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Circleville, Piute County, Utah
Hometown
Garfield County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39678345
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 5 13

Immediate family

Members
Chester J. Allen (father)
Ida L. (Flanigan) Allen (mother)
Dot Allen (sister)
Champ Allen (brother)
Wayne Allen (brother)
Joyce Allen (sister)
Calvert Allen (brother)

More information

Lark Allen attended Circle Ville High School and Agricultural College.

He participated in the invasion of North Africa and Sicily before his unit was transferred to France.

He was reported wounded in action on 16 July 1944 and after recovering, joined his unit on 5 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, The Iron County Record - 16 November 1944, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Enid Jamison / Jpepperman