Allen, Harper Basil
Navy Seaman 1st class

Harper Basil Allen, age 24, from Essex County Bloomfield, New Jersey .

Parents: Theron Allen

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, USSHouston.org, Daily News (1942)