Rank and Name, Private William E. Allen.

Unit/Placed in, 158^th Infantry (Combat) Regiment.

William is born 1916 in Massachusetts.

Parents and Siblings, no record available.

William enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 11007867.

William was KIA when entering the City of Batangas, Philippines and was killed in the street fighting with the Japanese on March 14, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.batangas.gov.ph/portal/history/ 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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