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Ronald D Allen Jr

Ronald D Allen Jr

US Army Mitchell, IN Age: 22 Views: 1364

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Name: Army Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr.

Age: 22

From: Mitchell, Ind.

Assigned to the 502nd Personnel Service Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, Colo.

Incident: Army Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr. was killed Aug. 25 in a vehicle accident while conducting convoy operations near Balad, Iraq.

Died: August 25, 2003

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Fort Carson soldier remembered as mischievous, loyal

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A standing-room-only crowd at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel remembered a Fort Carson soldier killed in Iraq as mischievous, loyal and as a “true American hero.”

Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr., 22, was killed Aug. 25 in a traffic accident in northern Iraq. The Indiana native was the first soldier from the 502nd Personal Service Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group and the 17th soldier from Fort Carson to die in Iraq.

“We are reminded that in war there are no guarantees of safety,” his commander, Capt. Jessica Murnock, said Tuesday. She described Allen as “an outstanding soldier and a loving son.”

Allen, of Mitchell, Ind., had jumped...

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the 502nd Personnel Service Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, Colo.

Incident

Army Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr. was killed Aug. 25 in a vehicle accident while conducting convoy operations near Balad, Iraq.

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Ronald D Allen Jr
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.