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Private Clarence W. Allen
1898 - 1918 (19 years)
Generation: 1
1. Private Clarence W. Allen was born on 18 Jun 1898 in Kasson Twp, Leelanau County, Michigan; died on 5 Feb 1918 in At Sea; was buried in Brookwood American Military Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military Service: 1917; World War I - US Army 158th Aero Squadron Killed/Missing in Action Lost at sea while enroute to Le Havre France on the troop transport, SS Tuscania, which was sunk by a German U-boat UB77 (210 lives were lost). The Tuscania had departed Hoboken, NJ Jan 24th with 384 crew and 2,013 US Army personnel aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Tuscania_(1914)
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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56503081/clarence-w-allen
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150700838/clarence_w-allen