Allgood, Edwin B.

Following his recovery from wounds received during his first combat action against the Nazis in Italy on June 23, 1944, Private Edwin B. Allgood was killed in a battlefield in France on Sep 12, 1944, according to a recent telegram from the War Department to his mother, Mrs. Faye Allgood of Douthat Oklahoma. Before entering the service, the Ottawa county Oklahoma doughboy was employed by the Eagle-Picher Mining and Smelting Company. Completing his basic training at Cape Fannin Texas, Private Allgood sailed with an infantry regiment for a battle zone in Italy. Soon after the Normandy invasion he was sent into action with his outfit against the Germans during the recent campaign in France where he lost his life. Surviving besides his mother are three brothers in service, Captain John L. Allgood stationed at Taunton Massachusetts, First Lieut. Tom L. Allgood, with the U.S. Army somewhere in Italy, and S 1 Gene W. Allgood, presently assigned to a naval base at Boston Massachusetts; two other brothers, Marion Algood and Jerry Allgood of the home, and three sisters, Mrs. Gail Keener, 328 G Street northeast, Miami, Mrs. Theda Starling, Springfield Missouri, and Mrs. Geneva Chambers, West Helena Arkansas.