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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Norman Edward
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Delaware
Hometown
Cecil County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33733585
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Kalenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 5 6

Immediate family

Members
Merryman G. Allen (father)
Florence A. (Gordon) Allen (mother)
Florence A. Allen (sister)
Betty J. Allen (sister)
Thomas H. Allen (brother)
Robert Allen (brother)
William E. Allen (brother)
Merryman G. Allen Jr. (brother)
Louise Allen (sister)
Julia B. (Preston) Allen (wife)

More information

Pfc Norman E. Allen was employed by the Continental Diamond Fibre Company.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 20 August 1943.

He was killed instantly when struck by an enemy artillery shell.

He is remembered at the Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.findagrave.com - Penny, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dixon Preston family tree, Delaware Archives, United States Census 1930

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Penny, www.ancestry.com - Agviar