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Terrence P Allen

Terrence P Allen

US Marine Pennsauken, NJ Age: 21 Views: 2218

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Name: Marine Cpl. Terrence P. Allen

Age: 21

From: Pennsauken, N.J.

Assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Incident: Marine Cpl. Terrence P. Allen died Sept. 15 from a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq.



Died: September 15, 2007


Pennsauken Marine slated to return home soon killed in Iraq

The Associated Press

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — A Marine from Pennsauken who just hours earlier had been talking with his parents about his impending return home was killed in Iraq on Sept. 14.

Cpl. Terry Allen was shot in the head while he was on the Al Asad Air Base in Anbar province, apparently by a sniper, his parents said Sept. 15.

John and Connie Allen said they’d just talked with their son hours before he was shot, and that the 21-year-old was scheduled to come home from Iraq on Sept. 18.

“We really thought we were in the clear,” John Allen told the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill for the Sept. 16 newspapers. “We thought about how lucky we were he was coming...

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1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.;

Incident

Marine Cpl. Terrence P. Allen died Sept. 15 from a non-hostile incident in Asad, Iraq.

Prayers & Messages

Terrence P Allen
2008-05-23
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime, with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family. Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
Terrence P Allen
2007-11-13
Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your precious son Cpl. Terry. I hurt with you. I will pray that you will receive Gods grace to be able to endure all that you are going through. Ruth Pugh MFO_IN_ACTION
Terrence P Allen
2007-09-28
RIP TERRY.. I'll always love you just like I have for the past 6 years! You were the best thing to come into my life and I wish I could and would have told you before you left this world... I LOVE YOU NOW AND FOREVER!!
Terrence P Allen
2007-09-20
Mr and Mrs Allen, I am so very sorry for the loss of your son. I know that no words can ever make you feel less pain. I cannot imagine losing a child so young. I will keep your family and your son in my prayers. I lost my husband on 9/11 so your son will always be a hero to our nation. God bless you and keep you in his care.