Glenn Roy Allison

1894 - 1955  (61 years)

• Name	Glenn Roy Allison  [1, 2]
  Born	16 Jan 1894	Brookfield, Linn, MO   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Physical Description	11 Jul 1911	San Francisco, San Francisco, CA   [3]
  	Blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, 5' 9"
  Military	11 Jul 1911	San Francisco, San Francisco, CA   [3]
  	Enlisted at Fort McDowell, Angel Island.
  Military	27 Oct 1911	Jolo, Sulu, Philippines   [4]
  	Assigned to 3rd Infantry, Company G, Augur Barracks. Rank: private
  Military	6 Jul 1914  [4]
  	Honorably discharged, 3rd Infantry, Company K, rank: corporal
  Military	15 Nov 1919	Brest, Brittany, France   [5]
  	He departed France aboard the George Washington and landed at Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, on 25 November 1919.
  Address	8 Jan 1920	Camp Dix, Burlington, NJ   [6]
  	Soldier; single.
  Address	15 Apr 1930	Fort Omaha, Omaha, Douglas, NE   [7]
  	Sergeant, US Army; married.
  Military	16 Dec 1936	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [5]
  	He left the New York Port of Embarcation, headed for Fort McDowel, San Francisco, California, en route to Hawaii,aboard the Chateau Thierry.
  Military	14 Jan 1937	Honolulu, Hawaii   [5]
  	He arrived in Honolulu aboard the Chateau Thierry
  Physical Description	10 Aug 1941  [8]
  	69" (5'9"), 132 lbs
  Military	10 Aug 1941	World War II   [8]
  	Enlisted at Camp Roberts, California. 1st Sergeant, regular army, infantry
  Address	1942	Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, CA   [9]
  	Living with wife Lovina A
  Address	1946	Weitchpec, Humboldt, CA   [9, 10]
  	He and wife Lovina A were registered with the Republican Party by or before 23 Sep 1948. Lovina was not listed with him in 1946 or 1947 city directories, however she was listed as living with him in the 1950 directory.
  Occupation	Brakeman, semi-skilled, railroad  [3, 8]
  Died	21 Dec 1955	, Humboldt, CA   [1]
  	Glenn and his wife Dorothy, and two of their friends died in the Klamath Flood, 21 December 1955. Glenn's body was found in a tree near the Klamath River, about 1/2 mile south of Bluff Creek, southwest of the town of Orleans. [1]
  Buried	Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo, CA
  Notes	Service number R-901392 [5] He gave his age at first marriage as 26 per the 1930 US Census, which means he married sometime in 1920 and after the 1820 US Census since he was listed as single. I've been unable to find a record of the name of this wife. [6, 7]
  Person ID	I1547	Allison | Allison
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Felix Pierce Allison,   b. 7 Oct 1866, Shelbina, Shelby, MO ,   d. 14 Feb 1944, , Alameda, California  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	June Myrtle Caton,   b. 12 Apr 1863, , , IL ,   d. 28 Jul 1944, , Alameda, California  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	MNU
  Married	Abt 1920
  	His 1st wife's name is unknown. We know of her thanks to a newspaper article in the Brookfield Linn County Budget Gazette newspaper on 15 October 1930: "Sergeant and Mrs. Glen R. Allison...." He married at age 26 [7]
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F1591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lovina A Johnson,   b. 22 Nov 1892, , , CA ,   d. 4 Apr 1966, , Humboldt, CA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	Bef 1941
  	He's listed as "married." [8]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F1587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Dorothy Dodd,   b. 1905,   d. 21 Dec 1955, , Del Norte, CA  (Age 50 years)
  Married	9 Jul 1951	, Humboldt, CA   [11]
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F1586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Glenn Roy Allison Golden Gate National Cemetery Plot: W, 2288

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Three Bodies Found on North Beach Today Newspaper account of Klamath River Flood victims Crescent City American Crescent City, California Friday, December 23 1955
  		Flood Victims Identified By Humboldt Officer Newspaper account of Klamath River Flood victims Crescent City American Crescent City, California Friday, December 30, 1955
  		Dorothy Dodd Allison, obituary Humboldt Standard Eureka, California Thursday, 19 January 1956
  		Seek Positive Identification of Flood Victim Humboldt Standard Eureka, California Monday, 30 January 1956
  		Body of Flood Victim Found Newspaper account of Klamath River Flood victims Crescent City American Crescent City, California Friday, February 3, 1956
  		Glenn Roy Allison, obituary Eureka Humboldt Standard Eureka, California Tuesday, 7 February 1956, pg 8
  		Family visit: Glenn R Allison and wife, Felix and June Caton Allison, Charles and Margaret Allison Kennedy Linn County Budget Gazette Brookfield, Missouri Wednesday, 15 October 1930, pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Find A Grave. [S37] California, Death Index, 1940-1997 , Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S307] U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 , Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780s-1917, (National Archives at Washington, DC). [S354] Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, June 1821 - December 1916, (National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C). [S353] U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, (The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland). [S38] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S48] 1930 United States Federal Census , Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S128] U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. , (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S17] U.S. City Directories, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S146] California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968, California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S222] California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959, California Department of Health and Welfare., (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).