World War II Honoree

John E. Allenbach

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Burlington, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

INDUCTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE ON APRIL 13, 1943 AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AND VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), FOR SOME 22 MONTHS. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (2 CAMPAIGNS), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 17, 1945, WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.