Allen, James Maxwell

Rank and Name, Chief Water Tender James Maxwell Allen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Leary (DD-158) Destroyer, United States Navy.

James was born on Oct. 16, 1917 in Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia.

Father, James Thomas Allen.

Mother, Gracie Dean (Pair) Allen.

Sisters, Florence Mildred, Celia, Mary, Eula M. Thelma L. and Sadie E. Allen.

Brothers, Herman Squire Allen.

James enlisted the Navy in Virginia with service number # 2700979.

James rank/duty was a Chief Water Tender on-board the USS Leary DD-158.

James was KIA when the USS Leary was Torpedoed and Sunk by the German Sub U-275 in the North-Atlantic on Dec. 24, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

James is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Tablets of the Missing.

Thanks to https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship3155.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G34Z-QFV

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano