Charles Henry (Roof) Allen (1881 - 1918)

Born Jun 1881 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Oct 1918 at age 37 in France

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Biography

Sergeant Charles (Roof) Allen served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 1917
Unit(s): Company M 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Service ended: Oct 9, 1918 (KIA)

Sergeant Charles (Roof) Allen was Killed in Action during World War I.

Charles (Roof) Allen is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army December 2, 1903-February 17,1905
Corporal, 1st Cavalry

Charles is the eldest of 3 sons. His brothers are Israel and Thomas.

He married Clara Louisa Reed October 13, 1900 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania^[1]. They divorced May 4,1906. They had no children.

He enlisted December 2, 1903 in the Army under Capt Holley for the 1st Cavalry. He was discharged February 17,1905 at Fort Clark Texas for a disability. Corporal. Very Good.^[2][3]

War Record Difficulties.

Son killed in France.

Charles reenlisted under a fake name unbeknownst to his family in WWI. It is only through a friend of his that they learned of it.

Lebanon Hero.

Sergeant Roof/Allen was killed along with 2 others when struck by a bursting shell in France^[4]He is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France^[5].

Census

1900 West LebanonTownship, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFMQ-4LM : accessed 30 March 2015), Charles Henry Roof and Clara Louisa Reed, 13 Oct 1900; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouse
2. ↑ Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-N25V : accessed 30 March 2015), Charles H Roof, 02 Dec 1903; citing p. 41, volume 112, Lebanon, , Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 58; FHL microfilm 1,465,944.
4. ↑ Soldiers of the Great War, Volume III page 137, Haulsee, W. M.; Howe, F. G.; Doyle, A. C.,Washington, D.C.; Soldiers Record Publishing Association, 1920
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55990188
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33P-T5W : accessed 30 March 2015), Charles W. Roof in household of William H Roof, West LebanonTownship, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,428.

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