Rank and Name, Private First Class Randolph Allen.

Unit/Placed in, (Comp.F) 2^nd Battalion 2^nd Marines, United States Marine Corps.

Randolph is born on March 24, 1924 in Kentucky.

Father, George B. Allen.

Mother, Susie (Smith) Allen.

Sisters, Annette, Hester J. Sallie M. Wilma B. Frances E. and Madie K. Allen.

Randolph enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 344151.

Joseph was KIA during the landing on the Island Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the attempt to secure the island against the Japanese on Nov. 20, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Randolph was first buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing, but his remains were recovered, so his final resting-place now is Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Thanks to https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usmc/2-2.htm 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/

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