World War II Honoree

Allen Preville

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Monmouth Beach, New Jersey

Honored By

Grateful American

SERVED IN THE U.S. THIRD ARMY COMMANDED BY GENERAL PATTON. PARTICIPATED DURING FIERCE GROUND FIGHTING WHEN THE THIRD REICH DESPERATELY ATTEMPTED TO BREAK THROUGH THE ENCIRCLING ALLIED LINES IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AN ENLISTED INFANTRYMAN, HE EARNED A BRONZE STAR FOR CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL TO DUTY WHEN HE ENGAGED IN A LATERAL ASSAULT ON A GERMAN TANK PINNING DOWN A PORTION OF HIS PLATOON. THE TANK WAS DISABLED, RESCUING HIS COMRADES.