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Allen, Lloyd A.
1923 - 1994 (71 years)-
Name Allen, Lloyd A. Birth 1 Aug 1923 Louisville, Clay County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Reference Number ALLE.L004 _FGRAVE 173788581 Military Service World War II, Sergeant, Company L, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd 'Second to None' Infantry Division, United States Army [2, 3] - Entered active service as a draftee on July 21, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Rifleman, 745. Departed the U.S. on New Year' Day 1945 bound for The European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company L, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd 'Second to None' Infantry Division Through the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Sergeant on March 24, 1946 at The Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
Source https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2004053
Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007
On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans.
Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event.
This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
Military Service Ribbons, Allen, Lloyd A. (1923-1994)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
World War II Honoree, Allen, Lloyd A. (1923-1994) 
23rd Infantry Regiment, United States Army 
2nd Infantry Division ("Indianhead"), United States Army 2nd Infantry Division ("Indianhead"), United States Army 
American Campaign Medal, United States Military American Campaign Medal, United States 
Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army Central Europe 
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army 
Good Conduct Medal, United States Army European Theater of World War II 
Sergeant, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores
(Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
NOTE: The three stripe Sergeant Insignia was not used during the Korean War
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States 
World War II Victory Medal, United States Military Fort Sheridan, Illinois 
United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces United States Army United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia World War II
(1939-1945)World War II Victory Medal, United States Military Death 6 Dec 1994 Americana Nursing Home, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois [1, 2] - WHITE HEATH Lloyd A. Allen, 71, of White Heath died at 5 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 6, 1994) at the Americana Nursing Home in Urbana.
Burial Christian Home Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois [1, 2] 
Headstone, Allen, Lloyd A. 
Headstone, Allen, Lloyd A. Person ID I43095 Carl Wayne Gray Research Last Modified 17 Jul 2023
Father Allen, Hairm Dellace, b. 4 Jan 1883, Clay County, Illinois d. 30 Nov 1962, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois (Age 79 years) Mother Fitzgerald, Itha, b. 1 Sep 1889, Illinois d. Feb 1980, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois (Age 90 years) Family ID F9966 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ford, Kizzie Pauline, b. 18 Nov 1913, Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky d. 17 Dec 2000, Piatt County Nursing Home, Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois (Age 87 years) Marriage Y [1] Family ID F16696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Entered active service as a draftee on July 21, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Rifleman, 745. Departed the U.S. on New Year' Day 1945 bound for The European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company L, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd 'Second to None' Infantry Division Through the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Sergeant on March 24, 1946 at The Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
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Birth - 1 Aug 1923 - Louisville, Clay County, Illinois 
Death - 6 Dec 1994 - Americana Nursing Home, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois 
Burial - - Christian Home Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth
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Documents At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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Notes - Published in the Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) on Saturday, December 10, 1994:
Lloyd Allen
WHITE HEATH Lloyd A. Allen, 71, of White Heath died at 5 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 6, 1994) at the Americana Nursing Home in Urbana.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. today at the Christian Home Cemetery in Louisville. A memorial service was Friday evening at the Sangamon Valley Christian Church in Mahomet. Shrader Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was born Aug. 1, 1923, in Louisville, the son of Hairm and Itha Fitzgerald Allen. He married Pauline Greenwood; she survives.
Also surviving are four sons, George and James Allen of White Heath, Lloyd Allen of Dewey and Arnold Allen of Champaign; a stepson, Charles Emberton of Atwood; a stepdaughter, Jessie Wilman of Mattoon; three brothers, Ianthus and Lavan Allen of Louisville and Robert Allen of Iola; five sisters, Clayora Dawkins, Delorus Greenwood and Dantzell Foster, all of Flora, Cloetilla Rogers of Rinard and Roberta Allen of Louisville; 10 grandchildren; 11 stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Mr. Allen was an electrical contractor and a WWII veteran.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.
- Published in the Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) on Saturday, December 10, 1994:
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Sources - [S13480] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Allen, Lloyd A., 71, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173788581) (Reliability: 2).
- [S13481] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Allen, Lloyd A., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173788581) (Reliability: 2).
- [S14959] World War II Honoree, Lloyd A. Allen, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2004053) (Reliability: 2).
- [S13480] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Allen, Lloyd A., 71, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173788581) (Reliability: 2).