World War II Honoree

Jasper Wayne Allen

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Burbank, Oklahoma

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE. HE WAS A UNITED STATES MARINE, WHO SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE 2ND BATTALION, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARINE ‘THE OLD BREED’ DIVISION. ON FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1945 HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA AND BURIED IN THE FIRST DIVISION CEMETERY ON OKINAWA. THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA (APRIL 1-JUNE 22, 1945), CODE NAME: OPERATION ICEBERG WAS THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN THE PACIFIC WAR OF WORLD WAR II. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN FORT GIBSON NATIONAL CEMETERY, FORT GIBSON, OKLAHOMA.