U.S. Navy in 1954 and was on duty in the Pacific theater. He was on the carrier USS Essex and transferred to the communications ship USS Estes
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY4X-TVP : accessed 8 September 2015), Allen R Brixen in household of Royal E Brixen, Ward 1, Sandpoint, Humbird Election Precinct, Bonner, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-22B, sheet 13B, family 328, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 740.