James Joseph Allen
Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 27TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 03, 1949 to June 05, 1968
JAMES J ALLEN is on the Wall at Panel W60, Line 14

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James J Allen
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27 Jan 2002

REMEMBERED ACROSS THE YEARS

by his brother,
Robert Allen
rallen5790@aol.com

 
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26 Aug 2002

The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.

Allen, 18, left Thomas Edison High School and worked several jobs before enlisting in the Marine Corps in April 1967. The corporal, a rifleman, died during Operation Allenbrook in Quang Nam Province, Viet Nam, on June 5, 1968, after participating in several combat operations with Company C of the 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 1st Marine Division, in the vicinity of Hue and Da Nang. He is survived by his parents, a brother and three sisters.

SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINE!

From a native Philadelphian and Marine,
Jim McIlhenney
christianamacks@earthlink.net


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