ALLEN-REUBEN
REUBEN BOMAR ALLEN
Deceased
Rate/Rank
S2
S2
Service Branch
USNR 00/0000 - 1/1948
Born
1925
OAKVILLE, KY
LOST AT SEA - USS TURNER DD-648, DECLARED DEAD, 01/04/1948
USS TURNER DD-648 - SUNK BY INTERNAL EXPLOSIONS, NEW YORK LOWER BAY
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
PURPLE HEART
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
DISTINGUISED UNIT CITATION
NAVY EXPENDITIONARY MEDAL
Reuben died when the USS Turner arrived off Ambrose Lighthouse late on 2 January and anchored, early the following morning, the destroyer suffered a series of shattering internal explosions, on Jan. 3, 1944.