WORLD WAR II VETERAN
Trained at San Diego Naval Base; Treasure Island, San Francisco; Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California; Vella Lavella and Munda, Solomon Islands; New Orleans Naval Base.
US NAVY PACIFIC FLEET 1943-1945
Asiatic-Pacific Theatre LCI(G) Flotilla 3;
CAMPAIGNS:
Marshall Islands operation: Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls
Marianas operation: Saipan,Tinian,Guam
Western Caroline Islands(Palau)operation: Peleliu
Ship: USS LCI(G)470--called at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the way out and back.
Awards: Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.
Gabe grew up in Henryetta Oklahoma where his father taught him to be a barber. After high school graduation, he served in the Army Air Corps at Kelly Field, San Antonio TX for 3 years. Life was tough for Gabe during the Depression. For three years he and his brother Harry ran the Allred Brothers Tool Company, traveling around the countryside, selling barber supplies, repairing tools and sharpening blades. He was a partner on the Dorsey(his sister's in-laws) farm at Stuart Place TX, where he met his sister Hazel's friend, Gertrude Roberts in 1933. They married in 1938 at Palmer TX. In 1941, he started work as a US Customs Inspector in Brownsville TX. He served in that job for 30 years and retired as a regional director in Houston. He enjoyed 9 years of retirement in Brownsville.
Gabe was multi-talented; he could do carpentry, joinery, sewing, cooking, general problem-solving; he was self-made and self-educated.
Parents:
Henry Isaac Hartman Allred 1876-1949
Hattie Belle Davis Allred 1875-1930
Wife:
Gertrude Roberts Allred 1907-1998
Children:
Tess Gabrielle Allred 1943-
Judith Ann Allred 1946-
Grandson
Colin Zachary Allred
Trained at San Diego Naval Base; Treasure Island, San Francisco; Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California; Vella Lavella and Munda, Solomon Islands; New Orleans Naval Base.
US NAVY PACIFIC FLEET 1943-1945
Asiatic-Pacific Theatre LCI(G) Flotilla 3;
CAMPAIGNS:
Marshall Islands operation: Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls
Marianas operation: Saipan,Tinian,Guam
Western Caroline Islands(Palau)operation: Peleliu
Ship: USS LCI(G)470--called at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the way out and back.
Awards: Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.
Gabe grew up in Henryetta Oklahoma where his father taught him to be a barber. After high school graduation, he served in the Army Air Corps at Kelly Field, San Antonio TX for 3 years. Life was tough for Gabe during the Depression. For three years he and his brother Harry ran the Allred Brothers Tool Company, traveling around the countryside, selling barber supplies, repairing tools and sharpening blades. He was a partner on the Dorsey(his sister's in-laws) farm at Stuart Place TX, where he met his sister Hazel's friend, Gertrude Roberts in 1933. They married in 1938 at Palmer TX. In 1941, he started work as a US Customs Inspector in Brownsville TX. He served in that job for 30 years and retired as a regional director in Houston. He enjoyed 9 years of retirement in Brownsville.
Gabe was multi-talented; he could do carpentry, joinery, sewing, cooking, general problem-solving; he was self-made and self-educated.
Parents:
Henry Isaac Hartman Allred 1876-1949
Hattie Belle Davis Allred 1875-1930
Wife:
Gertrude Roberts Allred 1907-1998
Children:
Tess Gabrielle Allred 1943-
Judith Ann Allred 1946-
Grandson
Colin Zachary Allred
WORLD WAR II VETERAN
Trained at San Diego Naval Base; Treasure Island, San Francisco; Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California; Vella Lavella and Munda, Solomon Islands; New Orleans Naval Base.
US NAVY PACIFIC FLEET 1943-1945
Asiatic-Pacific Theatre LCI(G) Flotilla 3;
CAMPAIGNS:
Marshall Islands operation: Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls
Marianas operation: Saipan,Tinian,Guam
Western Caroline Islands(Palau)operation: Peleliu
Ship: USS LCI(G)470--called at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the way out and back.
Awards: Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.
Gabe grew up in Henryetta Oklahoma where his father taught him to be a barber. After high school graduation, he served in the Army Air Corps at Kelly Field, San Antonio TX for 3 years. Life was tough for Gabe during the Depression. For three years he and his brother Harry ran the Allred Brothers Tool Company, traveling around the countryside, selling barber supplies, repairing tools and sharpening blades. He was a partner on the Dorsey(his sister's in-laws) farm at Stuart Place TX, where he met his sister Hazel's friend, Gertrude Roberts in 1933. They married in 1938 at Palmer TX. In 1941, he started work as a US Customs Inspector in Brownsville TX. He served in that job for 30 years and retired as a regional director in Houston. He enjoyed 9 years of retirement in Brownsville.
Gabe was multi-talented; he could do carpentry, joinery, sewing, cooking, general problem-solving; he was self-made and self-educated.
Parents:
Henry Isaac Hartman Allred 1876-1949
Hattie Belle Davis Allred 1875-1930
Wife:
Gertrude Roberts Allred 1907-1998
Children:
Tess Gabrielle Allred 1943-
Judith Ann Allred 1946-
Grandson
Colin Zachary Allred
Trained at San Diego Naval Base; Treasure Island, San Francisco; Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California; Vella Lavella and Munda, Solomon Islands; New Orleans Naval Base.
US NAVY PACIFIC FLEET 1943-1945
Asiatic-Pacific Theatre LCI(G) Flotilla 3;
CAMPAIGNS:
Marshall Islands operation: Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls
Marianas operation: Saipan,Tinian,Guam
Western Caroline Islands(Palau)operation: Peleliu
Ship: USS LCI(G)470--called at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the way out and back.
Awards: Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.
Gabe grew up in Henryetta Oklahoma where his father taught him to be a barber. After high school graduation, he served in the Army Air Corps at Kelly Field, San Antonio TX for 3 years. Life was tough for Gabe during the Depression. For three years he and his brother Harry ran the Allred Brothers Tool Company, traveling around the countryside, selling barber supplies, repairing tools and sharpening blades. He was a partner on the Dorsey(his sister's in-laws) farm at Stuart Place TX, where he met his sister Hazel's friend, Gertrude Roberts in 1933. They married in 1938 at Palmer TX. In 1941, he started work as a US Customs Inspector in Brownsville TX. He served in that job for 30 years and retired as a regional director in Houston. He enjoyed 9 years of retirement in Brownsville.
Gabe was multi-talented; he could do carpentry, joinery, sewing, cooking, general problem-solving; he was self-made and self-educated.
Parents:
Henry Isaac Hartman Allred 1876-1949
Hattie Belle Davis Allred 1875-1930
Wife:
Gertrude Roberts Allred 1907-1998
Children:
Tess Gabrielle Allred 1943-
Judith Ann Allred 1946-
Grandson
Colin Zachary Allred
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF Opie D Allred
PFC US ARMY
SK2 US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
