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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, William Wahl
Date of birth
29 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
13184989
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbacher Heck, Dom Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John F Allen (father)
Lillian Allen (mother)
Jean Allen (sister)

More information

S/Sgt William W. Allen enlisted in Easton, Pennsylvania on 30 November 1942.

He attended college for 1 year.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Erwin Derhaag, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, http://digital.lafayette.edu/collections/war/browse, www.ancestry.com - 1940 census / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, The Rattle of Theta Chi

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, http://digital.lafayette.edu/collections/war/browse