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PFC John Ethen Allen Jr.

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PFC John Ethen Allen Jr. Veteran

Birth
Thermopolis, Hot Springs County, Wyoming, USA
Death
20 Dec 1944 (aged 21)
Belgium
Burial
Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot H / Row 2 / Grave 64
Memorial ID
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Private First Class, Company G, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army, World War II, European Theater of Operations.

Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 26, 1945

Brother of Winton Woman Is Killed in Action in Belgium
Mrs. Carl Wiser of Winton this week received word that her brother, PFC John E. Allen Jr., 21, of Thermopolis, was killed in action December 20 in Belgium. PFC Allen attended Rock Springs high school.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. W.H. Short of Thermopolis; his father, John E. Allen Sr., of Seattle, Wash.; four sisters, Mrs. Wiser, Mrs. Rudy Kowlok of Thermopolis, former resident of Reliance, Mrs. William Lambert of Powell, who formerly resided in Rock Springs and Mrs. Cecil Waller of Thermopolis; and one half-brother, Ona Thornburg of Thermopolis.
Private First Class, Company G, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army, World War II, European Theater of Operations.

Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 26, 1945

Brother of Winton Woman Is Killed in Action in Belgium
Mrs. Carl Wiser of Winton this week received word that her brother, PFC John E. Allen Jr., 21, of Thermopolis, was killed in action December 20 in Belgium. PFC Allen attended Rock Springs high school.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. W.H. Short of Thermopolis; his father, John E. Allen Sr., of Seattle, Wash.; four sisters, Mrs. Wiser, Mrs. Rudy Kowlok of Thermopolis, former resident of Reliance, Mrs. William Lambert of Powell, who formerly resided in Rock Springs and Mrs. Cecil Waller of Thermopolis; and one half-brother, Ona Thornburg of Thermopolis.

Inscription

PFC 504 PRCHT INF 82 ABN DIV WASHINGTON

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Washington.




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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56279011/john_ethen-allen: accessed ), memorial page for PFC John Ethen Allen Jr. (13 Jan 1923–20 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56279011, citing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).