Donald Allayaud, the son of William and Helen J. (née Harris) Allayaud, was born in Pennsylvania in 1924. He attended and graduated from Cumberland Township High School in 1941. He enlisted in the United States Army as a private at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1943 "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law." He was commissioned a second lieutenant at Craig Field, Selma, Alabama in May 1944; flying a P-47D fighter plane. On May 18 of 1944 at the First Presbyterian church of Selma, Alabama he was united in marriage to Beatrice Jeffreys. Shortly thereafter the couple made their home near Richmond, Virginia where Lt. Allayaud was stationed.
Attached to the 62nd Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group, Second Lieutenant Allayaud, service number O829608, was listed as "Missing in Action" and "Nonrecoverable" as of December 3, 1944 [correctly from previously listed 1945]. He had been on patrol/escort duty to Frankfurt, Germany. He is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery at Neupré (Neuville-en-Condroz), near Liège, Belgium.
Don was MIA on 3 December 1944 during a sweep ahead of bombers going to Koln-Frankfurt. Source: Page 86 of "The 56th Fighter Group in World War II".-Information courtesy Find a Grave contributor who wishes to remain anonymous, via email November 7, 2020.
He was survived by his wife Beatrice, son Donald Jr., parents William and Helen Allayaud, and in-laws Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Jeffreys of Pennsylvania.
Sources: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings; Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945; U.S. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas; U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946; Uniontown Pennsylvania Morning Herald Newspaper dated May 12, 1944, pg 1, col 5; and June 23, 1944, page 3, col 1; and March 21, 1946, pg 5 col 3; US Federal Census Records, 1930, Cumberland, Greene County, Pennsylvania; 8th Air Force Fighter Group roster of missing.
Attached to the 62nd Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group, Second Lieutenant Allayaud, service number O829608, was listed as "Missing in Action" and "Nonrecoverable" as of December 3, 1944 [correctly from previously listed 1945]. He had been on patrol/escort duty to Frankfurt, Germany. He is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery at Neupré (Neuville-en-Condroz), near Liège, Belgium.
Don was MIA on 3 December 1944 during a sweep ahead of bombers going to Koln-Frankfurt. Source: Page 86 of "The 56th Fighter Group in World War II".-Information courtesy Find a Grave contributor who wishes to remain anonymous, via email November 7, 2020.
He was survived by his wife Beatrice, son Donald Jr., parents William and Helen Allayaud, and in-laws Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Jeffreys of Pennsylvania.
Sources: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings; Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945; U.S. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas; U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946; Uniontown Pennsylvania Morning Herald Newspaper dated May 12, 1944, pg 1, col 5; and June 23, 1944, page 3, col 1; and March 21, 1946, pg 5 col 3; US Federal Census Records, 1930, Cumberland, Greene County, Pennsylvania; 8th Air Force Fighter Group roster of missing.
Donald Allayaud, the son of William and Helen J. (née Harris) Allayaud, was born in Pennsylvania in 1924. He attended and graduated from Cumberland Township High School in 1941. He enlisted in the United States Army as a private at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1943 "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law." He was commissioned a second lieutenant at Craig Field, Selma, Alabama in May 1944; flying a P-47D fighter plane. On May 18 of 1944 at the First Presbyterian church of Selma, Alabama he was united in marriage to Beatrice Jeffreys. Shortly thereafter the couple made their home near Richmond, Virginia where Lt. Allayaud was stationed.
Attached to the 62nd Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group, Second Lieutenant Allayaud, service number O829608, was listed as "Missing in Action" and "Nonrecoverable" as of December 3, 1944 [correctly from previously listed 1945]. He had been on patrol/escort duty to Frankfurt, Germany. He is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery at Neupré (Neuville-en-Condroz), near Liège, Belgium.
Don was MIA on 3 December 1944 during a sweep ahead of bombers going to Koln-Frankfurt. Source: Page 86 of "The 56th Fighter Group in World War II".-Information courtesy Find a Grave contributor who wishes to remain anonymous, via email November 7, 2020.
He was survived by his wife Beatrice, son Donald Jr., parents William and Helen Allayaud, and in-laws Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Jeffreys of Pennsylvania.
Sources: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings; Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945; U.S. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas; U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946; Uniontown Pennsylvania Morning Herald Newspaper dated May 12, 1944, pg 1, col 5; and June 23, 1944, page 3, col 1; and March 21, 1946, pg 5 col 3; US Federal Census Records, 1930, Cumberland, Greene County, Pennsylvania; 8th Air Force Fighter Group roster of missing.
Attached to the 62nd Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group, Second Lieutenant Allayaud, service number O829608, was listed as "Missing in Action" and "Nonrecoverable" as of December 3, 1944 [correctly from previously listed 1945]. He had been on patrol/escort duty to Frankfurt, Germany. He is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery at Neupré (Neuville-en-Condroz), near Liège, Belgium.
Don was MIA on 3 December 1944 during a sweep ahead of bombers going to Koln-Frankfurt. Source: Page 86 of "The 56th Fighter Group in World War II".-Information courtesy Find a Grave contributor who wishes to remain anonymous, via email November 7, 2020.
He was survived by his wife Beatrice, son Donald Jr., parents William and Helen Allayaud, and in-laws Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Jeffreys of Pennsylvania.
Sources: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings; Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945; U.S. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas; U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946; Uniontown Pennsylvania Morning Herald Newspaper dated May 12, 1944, pg 1, col 5; and June 23, 1944, page 3, col 1; and March 21, 1946, pg 5 col 3; US Federal Census Records, 1930, Cumberland, Greene County, Pennsylvania; 8th Air Force Fighter Group roster of missing.
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