Allen, Truman Lee – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Truman Lee Allen.

Unit/Placed, 65^th Fighter Squadron “Fighting Cocks”, 57^th Fighter Group.

Truman was born in, 1924 in Texas.

Father, Daniel Truman Allen.

Mother, Fannie Cornelia Allen.

Brother, Jack Wallen Allen.

Truman enlisted the Army Air Force in Texas with service number # O-721936.

Truman’s rank/duty was a First Lieutenant/Pilot flying with the 65^th Fighter Squadron flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

Truman was KIA during the Mission, he was Hit while making a turn, went in a spin and crashed in Lake Garda, Italy on April 26, 1945, Truman is honored with a he is honored with a Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Truman is buried/mentioned at Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

Thanks to http://57thfightergroup.org/index.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org