Allen M. Sawyer

Private First Class Allen Maynard Sawyer in uniform head and shoulder photo

World War II (WWII)
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Fallen

County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Private First Class
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Military Policy Headquarters
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    157th Infantry Regiment
    Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
    35th Infantry Division
    Major Battle/Theatre:
    European African Middle Eastern Theater
    Conflicts Served:
    World War II (WWII)

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Dolle, Germany

Biography:

Allen Maynard Sawyer was born in Lynn Grove, Iowa, on June 13, 1906, to Matthias J and Josephine Sawyer. He was a resident Driscoll, Burleigh County, North Dakota when he entered AUS Fort Snelling, Minnesota on February 25, 1943. He served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and was killed in action on April 14, 1945, in Dolle, Germany. He is buried in Plot 2, Row 1, Grave 3, Driscoll Lutheran Cemetery, Driscoll, ND. He was married to Mary A. Sawyer and had one child, Stephen Irwin.

Source: Ancestry