Robert Charles Allen, a retired photoengraver and Korean War veteran, died Jan. 2 from bone marrow and liver cancer at his Pasadena home. He was 80.
Mr. Allen, the son of a postal worker and a homemaker, was born in Chicago where he lived before moving with his family to Pasadena, Calif., his junior year in high school.
After graduating from Polytechnic High School in Pasadena in 1948, he attended Los Angeles City College for two years.
He enlisted in the Army in 1950 and fought with an infantry unit in some of the war's bloodiest engagements, including the battle for Heartbreak Ridge, Bloody Ridge and the Punch Bowl.
After being discharged in 1954, he went to work as a photoengraver for Alco Gravure Color Printing Co. in Los Angeles, where he worked until 1970, when the company transferred him to its plant in Glen Burnie.
He retired in 1981.
He was a member of the engravers union.
Mr. Allen was an active member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was also a Mason.
A lifelong golfer, Mr. Allen had caddied for golf legends Ben Hogan and Patty Berg in his youth in Chicago, family members said.
Mr. Allen was a member of Granite Baptist Church in Glen Burnie, where services were held Thursday.
Surviving are his wife of 46 years, the former Alberta J. Partch; two sons, Ronald S. Allen of Pasadena and Steve Allen of Redding, Calif.; three daughters, Rona Baab of Glen Burnie, Bobbie Allen Phillips of Millersville and Colleen Masters of Dana Point, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.