Private First Class Shirley J. Allen enlisted in the US Army on December 19, 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee.
He was a member or the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division and was killed in action on September 18, 1944 in Germany.
Shirley is buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Liege Province, Belgium. Plot H Row 6 Grave 55