Rank and Name, Private James Ralph Allen.

Unit/Placed in, 1^st Battalion, 5^th Marines, United States Marine Corps.

James is born on Sep. 20, 1922 in Logan County, Arkansas.

Father, Carl V. Allen.

Mother, Annie E. (Musgrove) Allen.

Brother, Hoyt B. Allen.

James enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 414596.

James died of his wounds (according file’s) during the landing on Peleliu, his LVT was hit by a Japanese 20 mm Cannon on Orange Beach in Peleliu, Palau on Sep. 18, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

James is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at French Prairie Cemetery Ione, Logan County, Arkansas, USA.

Thanks to http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-peleliun

Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/