Joseph Allen

Private First Class Joseph Allen is a playable character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. He is introduced in S.S.D.D. helping Sergeant Foley train local Afghan troops at Firebase Phoenix in Afghanistan. He then undergoes a selection phase for Task Force 141 prior to engaging a local militia. He is then hand-picked by Shepherd to go undercover in Vladimir Makarov's cell under the alias Alexei Borodin.

Allen is killed by Makarov when attempting to escape from Zakhaev International Airport, Makarov having learned about his real identity. Allen's corpse is used as a catalyst for Russian forces to invade the United States. It is interesting to note that his voice is heard later on in the game after he has been picked for Task Force 141, making him the one of the few Call of Duty playable characters to be heard (another example of which is the Thermal Imaging TV Operator in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare).

Appearances

 * (1 game)
 * Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (First appearance)

Trivia

 * He is the third playable character in a Call of Duty game that is scripted to die, the first being Al-Fulani, the second being Jackson, and the fourth being Roach.
 * Allen is 22 years old.
 * Allen has a girlfriend.
 * The name Alexei Borodin might be a reference to the first Call of Duty game. Because of the fact that the first playable Russian character's first name is Alexei, and the first person the player meets has the last name "Borodin"
 * Allen is one of the few playable characters that we can hear speaking: he can be heard talking to Shepherd in a pre-mission briefing.