504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

  • John E. Allen

John Ethan Allen Jr was born on January 13th, 1923 to Thermopolis in the state of the Wyoming. He followed his studies to Thermopolis.

His parents are John and Miriam Allen. They will divorce. His mom remained to live to Thermopolis, her dad left for Seattle in the state of Washington.

John Allen had 1 half-brother and 4 half-sisters arisen from a previous marriage of his mother. John was the youngest.

 

John Allen entered in us army then only of 16 years and 11 months. He moved in Washington to live with his father. He entered the army in this state.

He followed a training in several places. First of all in the cavalry, then in armored.

Finally, he followed the training to Ft Benning, in Georgia, to become paratrooper.

He obtained the rank of Sergeant. But, he was demoted to the rank of Private First Class further to a fight in a bar.
Then, after a permission to him, he left the United States for England. He was incorporated into the G company of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne.

 

John Allen Jr was killed to Cheneux on December 20th, 1944. His body was found but regrettably it was beheaded. He did not possess either his dog-tags, nor his papers. His body was only officially identified that thanks to his fingerprints which were sent to FBI.
The government decided to arrest the date of its death in the date when it was reported missing in the fight, on December 20th, 1944.
 

John Ethan Allen Jr. is buried with the American cemetery of Henri-Chapelle in Belgium. Plot H, Row 2, Grave 64..