Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Robert Edwin Allen.
Unit/Placed, 46rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 315th Troop Carrier Group.
Robert was born approx. on Sep. 10, 1917 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.
Father, Edwin D. Allen.
Mother, Louise P. (Crosby) Allen.
Sister, Jean E. Allen.
Robert enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # O-2075778.
Robert’s rank/duty was a Second Lieutenant/Navigator flying with the 43th Troop Carrier Squadron flying a C-47.
Robert was KIA during the Para-Drop at Operation Varsity, Wesel Germany on March 25, 1945, 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.
Robert is buried/mentioned at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège,Belgium.
Thanks to http://www.8thafhs.org/troop/315tc.htmhttp://www.8thafhs.org/troop/315tc.htm
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
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
