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Personal info

Full name
ALLEN, Francis Lee
Date of birth
4 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Pioneer, Campbell County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
14005185
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Aywaille, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 23

Immediate family

Members
John Allen (father)
Edith (Evans) Allen (mother)
Mary J. Allen (sister)
Iram J. Allen (brother)
John R. Allen (brother)

More information

Pvt Francis L. Allen joined the Regular Army in Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina on 12 July 1940. He attended high school for 3 years and worked on a farm before he joined the army. He suffered a perforation wound in the neck on 29 January 1945 and died of his wounds on 30 January 1945 in the 13th field hospital in Aywaille.

He was disinterred on 21 November 1947 and given his final resting place on 11 August 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Tjarco Schuurman, Ralph Peeters, Terry Hirsch, WW2-Airborne.us, NARA, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - John Dewasme, http://www.veteransofthebattleofthebulge.org - VBOB Bruno Pollet, www.findagrave.com - Jaap Vermeer