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Casualty Info
Home Town McKinney, Collin County, Texas
Casualty Date Sep 04, 1943
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Pacific
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas
Woodrow H. Allen survived five major battles at sea in the Pacific including the sinking of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in the South Pacific where he was decorated for bravery. Woodrow was killed almost a year later in an explosion aboard another ship, believed to be the USS Kitty Hawk (AKV-1), near New Georgia Island in the Pacific on 4 Sept. 1943. He was 24.
Wounded on the USS Hornet, October 1942. Killed in action September 1943. The Hornet was awarded 4 Service stars. He may have also received the Presidential Unit Citation as part of Torpedo Squadron 8 operating from U.S.S. Hornet CV-8.
Woodrow H. Allen is listed at the Veterans Memorial Park in McKinney, Texas.
