US PARAS Allen, David Grayson

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Allen ​

• FORENAME

David Grayson​

• UNIT

502 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-9393594 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd December 1944 ​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. East Masonic, 217,1​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Salt Lake County, Utah​

born 17.06.1917, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA​

father Frank Melville Allen (1886-1961)​

mother Chloe (nee Packman) Allen (1888-1981)​

attended Uintah School, Salt Lake City​

attended Roosevelt Jr. High, Salt Lake City​

attended East High School, Salt Lake City​

employed by General Electric Company in Salt Lake City​

attended University of Utah​

wife Blanche M. Allen​

son David G. Allen, Jr.​

2 brothers also in service​

06.01.1941 paratroop training, Fort Benning, Georgia​

KIA Belgium ​

posthumous Bronze Star​

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