Allen White
| Date and Place of Birth: | March 22, 1896 St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Date and Place of Death: | July 18, 1918 near Soissons, France |
| Baseball Experience: | Amateur |
| Position: | Unknown |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Military Unit: | Company K, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division US Army |
| Area Served: | France |
Allen B. White, the son of William and Nellie White, was born on
March 22, 1896 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. His family moved to
Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1904, where he attended The Carter School. He
was also a member of the Somerset Club and a star player on the club’s
baseball team.
White enlisted with the Army on May 1, 1917 and was assigned to Company
K, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division. He attained the rank of corporal
in August and went to France with the regiment in September. In a letter
to his mother on July 4, he wrote: “wrote, "This is a holiday, the
Fourth of July. We had a good dinner but the German's will not give us
any peace in which to eat it. We have been dodging shells all day. You
want to cheer up mother. The stars and stripes will be flying from the
flag staff at Berlin next Fourth of July."
On July 18, 1918, Corporal White was killed in action south of Soissons,
France. He was 22 years old.
Sources
St. John’s Daily Star, September 4, 1918
Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War (Volume
v.2), Boston, Wright & Potter, 1929
Date Added September 7, 2013
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