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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Shirley James
Date of birth
25 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Moore County, Tennessee
Hometown
Monroe County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34524663
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Stolberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 55

Immediate family

Members
Clarence W. Allen (father)
Edna K. (Jean) Allen (mother)
N. Odell Allen (sister)
J.D. Allen (brother)
Fannie P. Allen (sister)
Robert Allen (brother)
Clarence W. Allen (brother)
Luther Allen (brother)

More information

Pfc Shirley J. Allen attended 2 years of high school, worked as a general farmer and was single, with dependents.
He entered the Service from Camp Forrest, Tennessee on 19 December 1942 as a Private.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Various Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.etvma.org, www.tngennet.org,

Photo source: Peter Schouteten