Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Reuben Bomar Allen.
Unit/Placed in, USS Turner (DD-648) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Reuben is born approx. 1925 in Kentucky.
Father, Veachel Allen.
Mother, Annie B. Allen.
Sister, Christine Allen.
Brothers, Willard, James U. and Joe F. Allen.
Reuben enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 8643240.
Reuben died when the USS Turner arrived off Ambrose Lighthouse on 2 January, early the following morning, the destroyer suffered a series of shattering internal explosions, on Jan. 3, 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Reuben is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
Tablets of the Missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Berea Christian Cemetery, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, USA.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/648.htm Jean Louis Vijgen,
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