Rank and Name, Fireman First Class John Edwin Allard.
Unit/Placed, USS Rowan (DD-405) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
John was born in approx. on 1926 in Massachusetts.
Father, Robert E. Allard.
Mother, Catherine Allard.
Brothers, William and Donald Allard.
John enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 6664671.
John’s rank/duty was a Fireman First Class on-board the USS Rowan (DD-405).
John was KIA when the USS Rowan was hit by a Torpedo from a E. (Schnell) Boats they hunted of the Gulf of Laverno, Italy, on Sep. 11, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
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John is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy. Tablets of the Missing.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/405.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/