
Army Sgt. Howard P. Allen In Iraq, Howard P. Allen was in a situation that frustrated him
and at times depressed him.
Allen wrote Aug. 25: “You feel that bomb go off in your dreams, but it’s not your buddy this time but you.”
Allen, 31, of Mesa, Ariz., was killed Sept. 26 by a roadside bomb in Baghdad. He was assigned to Phoenix.
“Sgt. Allen was a fine soldier, a wonderful husband, father, son, and friend to many. This is a tragic loss to our Arizona National Guard family,” said Maj. Gen. David P. Rataczak, adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard.
He graduated from high school in 1993 and was a member of both a school program for marketing studies and an anti-drunken driving organization.
He is survived by his wife, Patience, 3-year-old son and stepchildren ages 12 and 10.
“He’ll never see his son grow up. He’ll never be...