World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ralph E. Allen
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Waynesville, North Carolina
Honored By
R. Allen
Army Engineers, 1285th Engineer Combat Battalion, December 6, 1941 to September 25, 1945. Three years and mine months in Canada building a pipe line. Two months in the European Theater in England. Injured in a training accident and given an Honorable Discharge. Spent several months in Nicholas General Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky before discharge September 20, 1945.