William J Allander age 35, was Killed in action (KIA) in "The Battle of Saipan" in "Operation Forager" while serving his country with honor.
William enlisted in the US Army on Nov 3 1942 as PV3 in San Francisco, California.
His tombstone reads; Sgt , 27 Inf Div, 106 Inf Reg. US Army, WWII, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster (2nd Award), Colorado, Age 35 yrs. Although not listed on his tombstone, another web site Military Times states he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his gallantry in action in Saipan. They also say he died on Jun 29, 1944.
Also listed at American Memorial Park, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands on plate 19 row 5.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/amme/court_of_honor/unit103_plate19column5.html
* Near father Alexander & mother Jeanie Cairns Allander.
Saipan cost the United States 16,525 casualties including 3,426 killed in action but it provided the first B-29 base in the Pacific. Japanese losses were over 29,000.
A Japanese Admiral said, "Our war was lost with the loss of Saipan. I feel it was a decisive battle." General Holland Smith considered Saipan the decisive battle of the Pacific offensives.
buried 22 Dec 1948
Allander, William. b. March 30, 1909, Walsenburg, Colorado; Finnish American; Single; Miner and Construction Worker; CP July 1929, unit organizer; Received Passport# 379577 on March 26, 1937 which listed his address as 722 E 15th Avenue, Denver, Colorado; Sailed May 26, 1937 aboard the Vollendam; Arrested on June 20, 1937 when the vessel he was travelling to Spain on the Joven Teresa, was intercepted by the French aviso Granit near Port-Vendres; Arrived in Spain on June 20, 1937 and entered the IB on June 24, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln- Washington BN; In July 1938 he was in the Lincoln-Washington Plana Mayor, In September 1938 he was with the BDE Auto Park as a Driver; Served at Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Retreats and the Ebro Offensive; Rank Soldado; Returned to the US on December 15, 1938 aboard the Paris, returned on certificate 886; WWII US Army, enlisted November 3, 1942, served with Company B, 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, rank SGT; d. July 8, 1944, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, buried Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
Source: Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 541; Sail; SACB; Cadre; Pay; XV BDE; RGASPI; Finnish; K. E. Heikkinen, ed., Meidän Poikamme Espanjassa (Our Boys in Spain), Finnish Workers Federation, USA, Inc., 1939, translated by Matti A. Mattson; Ancestry L-W Tree L-W Tree; Find-a-Grave#28523126; Joven Teresa list from a letter from Jean Massé to Jim Carmody dated November 30, 1988.
Contributor: captainlaser (47024178) • [email protected]
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William enlisted in the US Army on Nov 3 1942 as PV3 in San Francisco, California.
His tombstone reads; Sgt , 27 Inf Div, 106 Inf Reg. US Army, WWII, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster (2nd Award), Colorado, Age 35 yrs. Although not listed on his tombstone, another web site Military Times states he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his gallantry in action in Saipan. They also say he died on Jun 29, 1944.
Also listed at American Memorial Park, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands on plate 19 row 5.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/amme/court_of_honor/unit103_plate19column5.html
* Near father Alexander & mother Jeanie Cairns Allander.
Saipan cost the United States 16,525 casualties including 3,426 killed in action but it provided the first B-29 base in the Pacific. Japanese losses were over 29,000.
A Japanese Admiral said, "Our war was lost with the loss of Saipan. I feel it was a decisive battle." General Holland Smith considered Saipan the decisive battle of the Pacific offensives.
buried 22 Dec 1948
Allander, William. b. March 30, 1909, Walsenburg, Colorado; Finnish American; Single; Miner and Construction Worker; CP July 1929, unit organizer; Received Passport# 379577 on March 26, 1937 which listed his address as 722 E 15th Avenue, Denver, Colorado; Sailed May 26, 1937 aboard the Vollendam; Arrested on June 20, 1937 when the vessel he was travelling to Spain on the Joven Teresa, was intercepted by the French aviso Granit near Port-Vendres; Arrived in Spain on June 20, 1937 and entered the IB on June 24, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln- Washington BN; In July 1938 he was in the Lincoln-Washington Plana Mayor, In September 1938 he was with the BDE Auto Park as a Driver; Served at Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Retreats and the Ebro Offensive; Rank Soldado; Returned to the US on December 15, 1938 aboard the Paris, returned on certificate 886; WWII US Army, enlisted November 3, 1942, served with Company B, 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, rank SGT; d. July 8, 1944, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, buried Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
Source: Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 541; Sail; SACB; Cadre; Pay; XV BDE; RGASPI; Finnish; K. E. Heikkinen, ed., Meidän Poikamme Espanjassa (Our Boys in Spain), Finnish Workers Federation, USA, Inc., 1939, translated by Matti A. Mattson; Ancestry L-W Tree L-W Tree; Find-a-Grave#28523126; Joven Teresa list from a letter from Jean Massé to Jim Carmody dated November 30, 1988.
Contributor: captainlaser (47024178) • [email protected]
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William J Allander age 35, was Killed in action (KIA) in "The Battle of Saipan" in "Operation Forager" while serving his country with honor.
William enlisted in the US Army on Nov 3 1942 as PV3 in San Francisco, California.
His tombstone reads; Sgt , 27 Inf Div, 106 Inf Reg. US Army, WWII, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster (2nd Award), Colorado, Age 35 yrs. Although not listed on his tombstone, another web site Military Times states he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his gallantry in action in Saipan. They also say he died on Jun 29, 1944.
Also listed at American Memorial Park, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands on plate 19 row 5.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/amme/court_of_honor/unit103_plate19column5.html
* Near father Alexander & mother Jeanie Cairns Allander.
Saipan cost the United States 16,525 casualties including 3,426 killed in action but it provided the first B-29 base in the Pacific. Japanese losses were over 29,000.
A Japanese Admiral said, "Our war was lost with the loss of Saipan. I feel it was a decisive battle." General Holland Smith considered Saipan the decisive battle of the Pacific offensives.
buried 22 Dec 1948
Allander, William. b. March 30, 1909, Walsenburg, Colorado; Finnish American; Single; Miner and Construction Worker; CP July 1929, unit organizer; Received Passport# 379577 on March 26, 1937 which listed his address as 722 E 15th Avenue, Denver, Colorado; Sailed May 26, 1937 aboard the Vollendam; Arrested on June 20, 1937 when the vessel he was travelling to Spain on the Joven Teresa, was intercepted by the French aviso Granit near Port-Vendres; Arrived in Spain on June 20, 1937 and entered the IB on June 24, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln- Washington BN; In July 1938 he was in the Lincoln-Washington Plana Mayor, In September 1938 he was with the BDE Auto Park as a Driver; Served at Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Retreats and the Ebro Offensive; Rank Soldado; Returned to the US on December 15, 1938 aboard the Paris, returned on certificate 886; WWII US Army, enlisted November 3, 1942, served with Company B, 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, rank SGT; d. July 8, 1944, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, buried Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
Source: Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 541; Sail; SACB; Cadre; Pay; XV BDE; RGASPI; Finnish; K. E. Heikkinen, ed., Meidän Poikamme Espanjassa (Our Boys in Spain), Finnish Workers Federation, USA, Inc., 1939, translated by Matti A. Mattson; Ancestry L-W Tree L-W Tree; Find-a-Grave#28523126; Joven Teresa list from a letter from Jean Massé to Jim Carmody dated November 30, 1988.
Contributor: captainlaser (47024178) • [email protected]
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William enlisted in the US Army on Nov 3 1942 as PV3 in San Francisco, California.
His tombstone reads; Sgt , 27 Inf Div, 106 Inf Reg. US Army, WWII, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster (2nd Award), Colorado, Age 35 yrs. Although not listed on his tombstone, another web site Military Times states he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his gallantry in action in Saipan. They also say he died on Jun 29, 1944.
Also listed at American Memorial Park, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands on plate 19 row 5.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/amme/court_of_honor/unit103_plate19column5.html
* Near father Alexander & mother Jeanie Cairns Allander.
Saipan cost the United States 16,525 casualties including 3,426 killed in action but it provided the first B-29 base in the Pacific. Japanese losses were over 29,000.
A Japanese Admiral said, "Our war was lost with the loss of Saipan. I feel it was a decisive battle." General Holland Smith considered Saipan the decisive battle of the Pacific offensives.
buried 22 Dec 1948
Allander, William. b. March 30, 1909, Walsenburg, Colorado; Finnish American; Single; Miner and Construction Worker; CP July 1929, unit organizer; Received Passport# 379577 on March 26, 1937 which listed his address as 722 E 15th Avenue, Denver, Colorado; Sailed May 26, 1937 aboard the Vollendam; Arrested on June 20, 1937 when the vessel he was travelling to Spain on the Joven Teresa, was intercepted by the French aviso Granit near Port-Vendres; Arrived in Spain on June 20, 1937 and entered the IB on June 24, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln- Washington BN; In July 1938 he was in the Lincoln-Washington Plana Mayor, In September 1938 he was with the BDE Auto Park as a Driver; Served at Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Retreats and the Ebro Offensive; Rank Soldado; Returned to the US on December 15, 1938 aboard the Paris, returned on certificate 886; WWII US Army, enlisted November 3, 1942, served with Company B, 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, rank SGT; d. July 8, 1944, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, buried Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
Source: Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 541; Sail; SACB; Cadre; Pay; XV BDE; RGASPI; Finnish; K. E. Heikkinen, ed., Meidän Poikamme Espanjassa (Our Boys in Spain), Finnish Workers Federation, USA, Inc., 1939, translated by Matti A. Mattson; Ancestry L-W Tree L-W Tree; Find-a-Grave#28523126; Joven Teresa list from a letter from Jean Massé to Jim Carmody dated November 30, 1988.
Contributor: captainlaser (47024178) • [email protected]
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