Rank and Name, Storekeeper Second Class William Lewis Allen.
Unit/Placed in, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battle ship, United States Naval Reserve.
William is born approx. on Sept 30, 1896 in Washington County, Indiana.
Father, Van Allen.
Mother, Carrie E. (Damewood) Allen.
Sister(s), Josephine Allen.
Brother(s), Joseph and George V. Allen.
Spouse, Helen R. (Maher) Allen.
William enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 6240600.
William was KIA when the USS Arizona was attacked and Bombed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com