Ace Allen O-0061342 Second Lieutenant Company G, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army October 7, 1923 Glace Bay, Cape Breton, NS June 21, 1950 August 9, 1950 26 Temple Emmanuel Cemetery, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA Remembered on Panel 81, Wall of Remembrance, Korean Veterans War Memorial, Washington, DC Isadore Ace Allen was the son of Israel Nathan Aron Allen (1886-1966) and Emma (Greenberg) Allen (1889-1960) of Bartow, Florida. He was known as Ace. His father was born in Lithuania; his mother was born in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. Ace was the brother of Herman Fredrick Allen (1916–2011), Louis Alexander Allen (1917–2010), and Dorothy Allen (1919–2002). Both of Ace’s brothers also served in the USAAF in WWII. Louis enlisted on January 13, 1942, and Herman enlisted just over 3 months later on March 18th. Ace attended high school at the Thomas Jefferson High School in Tampa, Florida. Ace enlisted in the United States Army Air Force during the Second World War on January 19, 1943, in San Francisco, California (Service No. 39120832). He was living in Spokane, Washington, and working as a driver. Ace served with the USAAF in Europe, and served approximately 30 months during WWII. After the war, he enrolled in what was then called Washington State College in February 1946 and joined the Army Reserve unit in Pullman. On June 15, 1950, Ace graduated, commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. The Korean War began 10 days later on June 20, 1950. Ace re-enlisted the next day on June 21, 1950, for service during the Korean War. Second Lieutenant Ace Allen was killed in action along the Naktong Bulge, near Yongsan, South Korea. He had only been in Korea two days, a platoon leader of a unit assigned to clear a valley, and had just been taught how to use a 3.5-inch M20 Super-Bazooka antitank rocket launcher. Ace is buried at the Temple Emmanuel Cemetery in Lakeland, Florida. His name is also inscribed on a memorial wall near the battlefield in Korea, and on Panel 81 of the Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. In Jewish tradition, a child is often named after someone who has died, and one of Ace’s brothers named his son Ace.

Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission findagrave Korean War Project Korean War Veterans Memorial Legacy of War Ace Allen