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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Leonard Charles
Date of birth
10 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Grosse Ile, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Grosse Ile, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36176363
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Near Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 5 1

Immediate family

Members
Gordon W. Brown (father)
Elizabeth A. Brown (mother)
Robert K. Brown (brother)
Orville Brown (brother)
Clifford W. Brown (brother)
Gordon R. Brown (brother)
Elizabeth M. Brown (sister)
George W. Brown (brother)
Dorothy M. Brown (sister)
Walter J. Brown (brother)
Charles F. Brown (brother)
Evelyn I. (Branning) Brown (wife)
Bonnie L. Brown (daughter)

More information

T/5 Leonard C. Brown was employed at Great Lakes Steel Corporation in Ecorse before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 19 March 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - Wyandotte News Herald - 21 November 1944, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Army Enlistment Record

Photo source: FOHF, Susan Linton - Wyandotte News Herald - 27 November 1944