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Allard, John Edwin

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/

USS Rowan (DD405) Destroyer
Crew
German Schnell Boat
His rank Fireman First Class
Blue Print Schnell Boats