Killed in Action at Battle of Argonne Forest, France
World War I
CO E, 5th US INFANTRY
1st Lieutenant
WWI draft registration:
Occ: Chief Deputy Clerk, US Court; Northern Judicial Dist of AL
Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 13 1918, pg 2:
Lt. Jack Stewart Allison, Oak Lane and Lawnton Avenue, was killed in action, October 14. He was son-in-law of Harrison Landis, president of the Henry H. Shelp Manufacturing Co. His wedding with Miss Esther Landis took place in Oak Lane last January and his bride went with him to Fort Oglethorpe (Georgia) where he won an lieutenancy in the regular Army at the third officers training camp.
In April he was ordered overseas and sailed with the Sixth Regiment attached to the Fifth Division of the First Army Corps. The Sixth Regulars were sent to the front almost immediately. After several months in the trenches, in the Vosges (mountains in eastern France), Lieutenant Allison's regiment took part in the cleaning up of the St. Mihiel (France) galient, and penetrated as far as Thiaucourt (France) in the drive. After the St Mihiel fight, the Sixth infantry was sent up north to Verdun (France) and took part in the heavy fighting that finally ended at Sedan (France).
The lieutenant's last letters were dated April 9, five days before his death, and told of just having been promoted from second to first lieutenant. He also spoke of the big drive about to be launched and of the wonderful chances of Americans to distinguish themselves. Lieutenant Allison was not quite thirty years old. His father is Major Charles J. Allison, Birmingham, AL, who won his commission in the Spanish-American War.
World War I
CO E, 5th US INFANTRY
1st Lieutenant
WWI draft registration:
Occ: Chief Deputy Clerk, US Court; Northern Judicial Dist of AL
Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 13 1918, pg 2:
Lt. Jack Stewart Allison, Oak Lane and Lawnton Avenue, was killed in action, October 14. He was son-in-law of Harrison Landis, president of the Henry H. Shelp Manufacturing Co. His wedding with Miss Esther Landis took place in Oak Lane last January and his bride went with him to Fort Oglethorpe (Georgia) where he won an lieutenancy in the regular Army at the third officers training camp.
In April he was ordered overseas and sailed with the Sixth Regiment attached to the Fifth Division of the First Army Corps. The Sixth Regulars were sent to the front almost immediately. After several months in the trenches, in the Vosges (mountains in eastern France), Lieutenant Allison's regiment took part in the cleaning up of the St. Mihiel (France) galient, and penetrated as far as Thiaucourt (France) in the drive. After the St Mihiel fight, the Sixth infantry was sent up north to Verdun (France) and took part in the heavy fighting that finally ended at Sedan (France).
The lieutenant's last letters were dated April 9, five days before his death, and told of just having been promoted from second to first lieutenant. He also spoke of the big drive about to be launched and of the wonderful chances of Americans to distinguish themselves. Lieutenant Allison was not quite thirty years old. His father is Major Charles J. Allison, Birmingham, AL, who won his commission in the Spanish-American War.
Killed in Action at Battle of Argonne Forest, France
World War I
CO E, 5th US INFANTRY
1st Lieutenant
WWI draft registration:
Occ: Chief Deputy Clerk, US Court; Northern Judicial Dist of AL
Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 13 1918, pg 2:
Lt. Jack Stewart Allison, Oak Lane and Lawnton Avenue, was killed in action, October 14. He was son-in-law of Harrison Landis, president of the Henry H. Shelp Manufacturing Co. His wedding with Miss Esther Landis took place in Oak Lane last January and his bride went with him to Fort Oglethorpe (Georgia) where he won an lieutenancy in the regular Army at the third officers training camp.
In April he was ordered overseas and sailed with the Sixth Regiment attached to the Fifth Division of the First Army Corps. The Sixth Regulars were sent to the front almost immediately. After several months in the trenches, in the Vosges (mountains in eastern France), Lieutenant Allison's regiment took part in the cleaning up of the St. Mihiel (France) galient, and penetrated as far as Thiaucourt (France) in the drive. After the St Mihiel fight, the Sixth infantry was sent up north to Verdun (France) and took part in the heavy fighting that finally ended at Sedan (France).
The lieutenant's last letters were dated April 9, five days before his death, and told of just having been promoted from second to first lieutenant. He also spoke of the big drive about to be launched and of the wonderful chances of Americans to distinguish themselves. Lieutenant Allison was not quite thirty years old. His father is Major Charles J. Allison, Birmingham, AL, who won his commission in the Spanish-American War.
World War I
CO E, 5th US INFANTRY
1st Lieutenant
WWI draft registration:
Occ: Chief Deputy Clerk, US Court; Northern Judicial Dist of AL
Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 13 1918, pg 2:
Lt. Jack Stewart Allison, Oak Lane and Lawnton Avenue, was killed in action, October 14. He was son-in-law of Harrison Landis, president of the Henry H. Shelp Manufacturing Co. His wedding with Miss Esther Landis took place in Oak Lane last January and his bride went with him to Fort Oglethorpe (Georgia) where he won an lieutenancy in the regular Army at the third officers training camp.
In April he was ordered overseas and sailed with the Sixth Regiment attached to the Fifth Division of the First Army Corps. The Sixth Regulars were sent to the front almost immediately. After several months in the trenches, in the Vosges (mountains in eastern France), Lieutenant Allison's regiment took part in the cleaning up of the St. Mihiel (France) galient, and penetrated as far as Thiaucourt (France) in the drive. After the St Mihiel fight, the Sixth infantry was sent up north to Verdun (France) and took part in the heavy fighting that finally ended at Sedan (France).
The lieutenant's last letters were dated April 9, five days before his death, and told of just having been promoted from second to first lieutenant. He also spoke of the big drive about to be launched and of the wonderful chances of Americans to distinguish themselves. Lieutenant Allison was not quite thirty years old. His father is Major Charles J. Allison, Birmingham, AL, who won his commission in the Spanish-American War.
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First Lieutenant Jack Stewart Allison Company E Fifth U.S.Infantry. Killed Argonne Forest October 14 1918
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