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ALLEN, Ossie Junior - Date of
birth
9 August 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Missouri -
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16148716 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
30 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Lindern, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 17 | 5 |
Immediate family
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Members
Ossie B. Allen (father)
Azie D. (Austin) Allen (mother)
Austin M. Allen (brother)
Ullah D. Allen (sister)
Naomi C. Allen (sister)
Marie M. Allen (sister)
Finney J. Allen (brother)
Everette J. Allen (brother)
Robert Allen (brother)
Hay Allen (brother)
Muriel Allen (wife)
More information
Pfc Ossie J. Allen attended four years of high school and was employed at Barton and Allen.He enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 26 October 1942.
Pfc Allen is remembered at Evergreen Cemetery in Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, Michigan with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Miliary Cemeteries on Foreign Soil
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mrs. Elizabeth Adams - courtesy of D.J.G. van den Berg, www.findagrave.com - Ellinda