Rank and Name, Private Sam Allen.

Unit/Placed in, 162^nd Infantry Regiment, 41^st Infantry Division “Sunsetters”.

Sam is born on Nov. 11, 1917 in Harlan County, Kentucky.

Mother, Grace Witt.

Sam enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 35803344.

Sam was KIA during the defend on the Beaches of Biak, New Guinea on, June 7, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  AirForce, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

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