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ROY ALLEN
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POSTED ON 10.4.2004
POSTED BY: Jim McIlhenney
The Philadelphia Inquirer - March 16, 1968
A Philadelphia Army engineer who told his parents "don't worry" was among the Vietnam casualties disclosed Friday.
Army Cpl. Roy Allen, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Allen, of 2438 W. Master st.
Cpl. Allen, a 1967 graduate of Overbrook High School, died in Vietnam February 26 of wounds inflicted by a land mine explosion. The Defense Department notified his parents, but delayed the normal public report.
Drafted in August, 1967, he had been in Vietnam only two months.
"Don't worry," Cpl. Allen wrote his parents shortly before his death, "I'm on the alert all the time. It's not bad where we're stationed now, but we'll be moving pretty soon."
Burial will be in the Philadelphia National Cemetery, Haines st. and Limekiln pike.
Surviving besides his parents are four brothers, Ernest, 4; Daniel, 12; Joseph, 25 and David, 26, and four sisters, Catherine, 1, Linda, 15, Jeannie Marie, 17, and Thomesina, 21.
Army Cpl. Roy Allen, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Allen, of 2438 W. Master st.
Cpl. Allen, a 1967 graduate of Overbrook High School, died in Vietnam February 26 of wounds inflicted by a land mine explosion. The Defense Department notified his parents, but delayed the normal public report.
Drafted in August, 1967, he had been in Vietnam only two months.
"Don't worry," Cpl. Allen wrote his parents shortly before his death, "I'm on the alert all the time. It's not bad where we're stationed now, but we'll be moving pretty soon."
Burial will be in the Philadelphia National Cemetery, Haines st. and Limekiln pike.
Surviving besides his parents are four brothers, Ernest, 4; Daniel, 12; Joseph, 25 and David, 26, and four sisters, Catherine, 1, Linda, 15, Jeannie Marie, 17, and Thomesina, 21.
POSTED ON 2.26.2004
Thank you
I am a junior at Gridley high school working on a posting project for my U.S. History class. I thank you for the great sacrifice that you made in serving our country.
POSTED ON 2.26.2004
POSTED BY: Jordan Meiss
Gridley High School Social/Political Science Class Project
Heroes are made when they make a choice. You, dear soldier, made a choice to sacrifice all you loved to insure the future of the Land of the Free. You paid the price that saved other’s lives. The choice to protect your country was an admirable deed that demands undying appreciation for those whose lives you saved. You sir, are a hero. God bless you.
POSTED ON 11.20.2002
POSTED BY: Robert Greer
Army Pioneer scout
Master Street, Overbrook
The 2O-year-old Marine Corporal attended Overbrook High Schoo1 and painted cars and trucks before entering the service in August 1967. Allen, an Army Pioneer scout, joined Company B of the 8th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in Vietnam a week before Christmas Day 1967 and was killed in action on February 26, 1968. He was survived by his parents, two younger brothers and three younger sisters
... from The Philadelphia daily News