Advertisement

LTC Allen Wyant Gullion Jr.

Advertisement

LTC Allen Wyant Gullion Jr. Veteran

Birth
New York County, New York, USA
Death
16 Nov 1985 (aged 62)
Burial
Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Lieutenant Colonel Allen Wyant Gullion, Jr., age 85, died at Sotogrande Resort, San Roque, Cádiz, Spain, November 16, 1985. Lt. Col. Gullion was preceded in death by his parents Major General Allen W. Gullion, Sr. and Ruth Mathews Gullion.

Lt. Col. Gullion was a United States Military Academy graduate in the class of 1943, following his father, who served as Judge Advocate General of the Army and Provost Marshal General during World War II, into military service.

During World War II, Lt. Gullion was an aviator for the U. S. Army Air Corps. Having flown numerous bombing missions throughout the European Theater of Operations, his plane was shot down near Amiens, France on 27 May 1944. He was captured and held as a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III, near Zagan, Poland from June 1944 – May 1945.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara (nee Branstater); son, Allen Wyant Gullion, III,; daughter, Helen Burr Curtice Gullion; brother, Edmund Asbury Gullion; and sister, Atha Grace Gullion Moorman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Ruth Mathews Gullion Simpich and Margaret Helen Gullion; and brother, Phillip Paul Gullion, Sr.
Lieutenant Colonel Allen Wyant Gullion, Jr., age 85, died at Sotogrande Resort, San Roque, Cádiz, Spain, November 16, 1985. Lt. Col. Gullion was preceded in death by his parents Major General Allen W. Gullion, Sr. and Ruth Mathews Gullion.

Lt. Col. Gullion was a United States Military Academy graduate in the class of 1943, following his father, who served as Judge Advocate General of the Army and Provost Marshal General during World War II, into military service.

During World War II, Lt. Gullion was an aviator for the U. S. Army Air Corps. Having flown numerous bombing missions throughout the European Theater of Operations, his plane was shot down near Amiens, France on 27 May 1944. He was captured and held as a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III, near Zagan, Poland from June 1944 – May 1945.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara (nee Branstater); son, Allen Wyant Gullion, III,; daughter, Helen Burr Curtice Gullion; brother, Edmund Asbury Gullion; and sister, Atha Grace Gullion Moorman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Ruth Mathews Gullion Simpich and Margaret Helen Gullion; and brother, Phillip Paul Gullion, Sr.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement