World War II Honoree

David Austin Allen

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Poquonnock Bridge, Connecticut

Honored By

The Allen Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL AIR CADET SELECTION BOARD NEW YORK, NEW YORK; OFFICE OF NAVAL OFFICER PROCUREMENT NEW YORK, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING UNIT V-12 TUFTS COLLEGE MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, FLORIDA; NAVAL ACADEMIC REFRESHER UNIT MONMOUTH COLLEGE MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS; PRE FLIGHT SCHOOL ST. MARY COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA; NAVAL TRAINING CENTER GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL HUGH MANLEY SCHOOL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING STATION POINT LOMA SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; RECEIVING STATION TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON TRAINING CENTER MELVILLE, RHODE ISLAND; RECEIVING STATION PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA; USS WASHINGTON BB-56, RECEIVING STATION BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND USS FOSS DE-59. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.