Born in Pettit, Randolph, West Virginia, and raised in Alton, Upshur, West Virginia, Llewellyn was the son of Charles Clayton and Anna Laura (Miller) Allender. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 24, 1940, and was assigned to Iceland in September, 1941. During WWII, Private First Class Allender was assigned to Company HQ, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division and participated in the Allied invasion of France.
PFC Allender's unit was deployed to France in 1944 with the goal of helping to liberate Metz. When the U.S. Third army arrived at Metz, France, in 1944, they were quickly drawn into a stalemate with the German defenders for weeks over control of the city and its perimeter. Upon sustaining heavy losses attacking the fortifications, it was clear to the Americans that Fort Driant would have to be taken to establish effective control of the fortifications around the city.
From September 27, 1944 - October 13, 1944, Company B. C, D and HQ of the 1st Batallion, 10th Infantry Regiment fought at Fort Driant, France, in an effort to take control of the Fort from the Germans. The American forces failed in this effort.
By October 9, General Patton chose to bypass Driant. The men of the 5th Infantry Division were thought to be becoming battle fatigued, and other line correcting operations were taking place around Metz with much greater success.
On November 7, 1944, Boyd was killed while the troops were setting up defensive positions. He had been hit with fragments from enemy artillery barrages. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart. He had previously (August 9, 1944) been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France Plot: J, Row: 8, Grave: 7
The following poem, written in 1944 by his aunt, Carrie Allender Wilmoth (FAG #72915685), is dedicated to his memory:
We shall meet and we shall miss him --
Miss his loving look and smile,
When the soldiers come returning
O'er the long and weary miles;
For his body now lies sleeping
On a lonely distant shore,
Gave his life there for his country,
We shall greet him here no more.
But altho his body's sleeping,
Yet his spirit still lives on,
And we hope some day to greet him
In a better, happier home.
No more war heartaches and sadness
In that lovely future day;
He's not dead -- our lovely Boyd,
He is only -- just away.
PFC Allender's unit was deployed to France in 1944 with the goal of helping to liberate Metz. When the U.S. Third army arrived at Metz, France, in 1944, they were quickly drawn into a stalemate with the German defenders for weeks over control of the city and its perimeter. Upon sustaining heavy losses attacking the fortifications, it was clear to the Americans that Fort Driant would have to be taken to establish effective control of the fortifications around the city.
From September 27, 1944 - October 13, 1944, Company B. C, D and HQ of the 1st Batallion, 10th Infantry Regiment fought at Fort Driant, France, in an effort to take control of the Fort from the Germans. The American forces failed in this effort.
By October 9, General Patton chose to bypass Driant. The men of the 5th Infantry Division were thought to be becoming battle fatigued, and other line correcting operations were taking place around Metz with much greater success.
On November 7, 1944, Boyd was killed while the troops were setting up defensive positions. He had been hit with fragments from enemy artillery barrages. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart. He had previously (August 9, 1944) been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France Plot: J, Row: 8, Grave: 7
The following poem, written in 1944 by his aunt, Carrie Allender Wilmoth (FAG #72915685), is dedicated to his memory:
We shall meet and we shall miss him --
Miss his loving look and smile,
When the soldiers come returning
O'er the long and weary miles;
For his body now lies sleeping
On a lonely distant shore,
Gave his life there for his country,
We shall greet him here no more.
But altho his body's sleeping,
Yet his spirit still lives on,
And we hope some day to greet him
In a better, happier home.
No more war heartaches and sadness
In that lovely future day;
He's not dead -- our lovely Boyd,
He is only -- just away.
Born in Pettit, Randolph, West Virginia, and raised in Alton, Upshur, West Virginia, Llewellyn was the son of Charles Clayton and Anna Laura (Miller) Allender. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 24, 1940, and was assigned to Iceland in September, 1941. During WWII, Private First Class Allender was assigned to Company HQ, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division and participated in the Allied invasion of France.
PFC Allender's unit was deployed to France in 1944 with the goal of helping to liberate Metz. When the U.S. Third army arrived at Metz, France, in 1944, they were quickly drawn into a stalemate with the German defenders for weeks over control of the city and its perimeter. Upon sustaining heavy losses attacking the fortifications, it was clear to the Americans that Fort Driant would have to be taken to establish effective control of the fortifications around the city.
From September 27, 1944 - October 13, 1944, Company B. C, D and HQ of the 1st Batallion, 10th Infantry Regiment fought at Fort Driant, France, in an effort to take control of the Fort from the Germans. The American forces failed in this effort.
By October 9, General Patton chose to bypass Driant. The men of the 5th Infantry Division were thought to be becoming battle fatigued, and other line correcting operations were taking place around Metz with much greater success.
On November 7, 1944, Boyd was killed while the troops were setting up defensive positions. He had been hit with fragments from enemy artillery barrages. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart. He had previously (August 9, 1944) been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France Plot: J, Row: 8, Grave: 7
The following poem, written in 1944 by his aunt, Carrie Allender Wilmoth (FAG #72915685), is dedicated to his memory:
We shall meet and we shall miss him --
Miss his loving look and smile,
When the soldiers come returning
O'er the long and weary miles;
For his body now lies sleeping
On a lonely distant shore,
Gave his life there for his country,
We shall greet him here no more.
But altho his body's sleeping,
Yet his spirit still lives on,
And we hope some day to greet him
In a better, happier home.
No more war heartaches and sadness
In that lovely future day;
He's not dead -- our lovely Boyd,
He is only -- just away.
PFC Allender's unit was deployed to France in 1944 with the goal of helping to liberate Metz. When the U.S. Third army arrived at Metz, France, in 1944, they were quickly drawn into a stalemate with the German defenders for weeks over control of the city and its perimeter. Upon sustaining heavy losses attacking the fortifications, it was clear to the Americans that Fort Driant would have to be taken to establish effective control of the fortifications around the city.
From September 27, 1944 - October 13, 1944, Company B. C, D and HQ of the 1st Batallion, 10th Infantry Regiment fought at Fort Driant, France, in an effort to take control of the Fort from the Germans. The American forces failed in this effort.
By October 9, General Patton chose to bypass Driant. The men of the 5th Infantry Division were thought to be becoming battle fatigued, and other line correcting operations were taking place around Metz with much greater success.
On November 7, 1944, Boyd was killed while the troops were setting up defensive positions. He had been hit with fragments from enemy artillery barrages. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart. He had previously (August 9, 1944) been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France Plot: J, Row: 8, Grave: 7
The following poem, written in 1944 by his aunt, Carrie Allender Wilmoth (FAG #72915685), is dedicated to his memory:
We shall meet and we shall miss him --
Miss his loving look and smile,
When the soldiers come returning
O'er the long and weary miles;
For his body now lies sleeping
On a lonely distant shore,
Gave his life there for his country,
We shall greet him here no more.
But altho his body's sleeping,
Yet his spirit still lives on,
And we hope some day to greet him
In a better, happier home.
No more war heartaches and sadness
In that lovely future day;
He's not dead -- our lovely Boyd,
He is only -- just away.
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