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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
Chain of Command USS Kitty Hawk (AKV-1) was a cargo ship and aircraft transport that served during World War II. USS Kitty Hawk (APV-1/AKV-1), formerly SS Seatrain New York, was built in 1932 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation of Chester, Pennsylvania for Seatrain Lines, Inc.
Other Memories Woodrow 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 near New Georgia Island in the Pacific on 4 Sept. 1943.
