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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, George Howard
Date of birth
8 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri
Hometown
Lancaster County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37736806
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Near Kommerscheidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 12 24

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Brown (father)
Nellie Brown (mother)
Charley Brown (brother)
Etta Brown (sister)
Elsie Brown (sister)
Chester Brown (brother)
John Brown (brother)
Jessie Brown (sister)
Mary Ellen Brown (sister)
Erma D. (Hollandsworth) Brown (wife)
Naomi Brown (daughter)

More information

Pfc George H. Brownworked as a mechanic for the United Memorial Product Company.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 14 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, Donita Crenshaw (granddaughter), WWII Draft Card, 1920 US Census

Photo source: Jac Engels