Allan B. Eadline
Allan B. Eadline of Collingswood, NJ.
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Serial Number: 13114993
Unit: 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Hometown: Collingswood, New Jersey (born Phoenixville, Pennsylvania)
Died: , Killed in Action, Leyte Island, Philippines
Buried: Plot L Row 14 Grave 97, Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart
Private Allan Bureair Eadline was born on July 25, 1924, to George W. and Avis Eadline who lived at 144 Gay Street in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of four children: George G., Herbert S., Lloyd L., and Allan. His father worked as a draftsman for the railroad.
Allan Eadline was educated at the Charlestown Consolidated School, located on Charlestown Road just east of Devault (today the Charlestown Elementary School). He later studied to become a master machinist. His family moved to 9 Fraser Avenue in Collingswood, New Jersey, while he remained in Phoenixville studying to become a master machinist.
Allan Eadline enlisted in the United States Army in September of 1942. He received training at Fort Eustace, Virginia, for the Coast Artillery, and was later transferred to the Infantry, going overseas in January of 1943.
Private Eadline was assigned to the 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division. The Americal Division (a contraction of American New Caledonian Division) was one of only two unnumbered divisions in the Army (the other was the Philippine Division). As such, units, sometimes even battalions, were frequently joined with other units, producing much difficulty in following the battle history of the 182nd Regiment.
Private Allan B. Eadline, 20, was killed in action on February 28, 1945. According to a telegram received by his parents, Allan was killed on Leyte Island, Philippines. He is buried at the Manila American Cemetery at Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines.
Private Eadline’s brother, Second Lieutenant Lloyd L. Eadline, was killed in action four days later after his plane had been struck by anti-aircraft fire over Germany.
Private Eadline was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Eadline of the Fraser Avenue address, and brothers George Eadline, a First Lieutenant with the Army Signal Corps in Europe, and RT2C Herbert S. Eadline, in the Navy. Herbert Eadline’s brother-in-law, Edgar Crouthamel, was killed in a plane crash while serving with the Army Air Force in England in 1944.