WWI · Battle Death Record
Allen Sumner
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps · Massachusetts
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Allen Sumner
- Entered the Service From
- Massachusetts
- Rank
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Unit / Regiment
- 81st Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- July 19, 1918
- Awards
- Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, Silver Star
- Burial / Memorial
- Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, France
- Grave
- Plot A, Row 13, Grave 25
Their story
Captain Allen Melancthon Sumner, a Harvard graduate serving with the 81st Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division, fought at Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, and the Second Battle of the Marne. He was killed instantly by a high-explosive shell fragment on July 19, 1918, during the Battle of Soissons. He received the French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star and multiple Silver Star citations for bravery.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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