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Allen, Edward Henry, LT.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Pekin, ND
Casualty Date May 07, 1942
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific
Conflict World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Battle of the Coral Sea
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing (Cenotaph)
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Details Behind Award
Awarded Star in leiu of second Navy cross, while aboard the USS Lexington CV-2 against the Jananese forces during the Air Battle of Coral Sea on May 7, 1942