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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, John Turner
Date of birth
18 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chester, Chester County, South Carolina
Hometown
Richmond County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34854314
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 21 8

Immediate family

Members
John Turner (father)
Thelma (McClure) Brown (mother)
Ollie P. (McBryde) Brown (sister)
Earline Brown (sister)
Margaret Brown (sister)
Margaret (Harris) Brown (wife)

More information

Pfc John T. Brown attended Rockingham High School.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 23 November 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Richmond County Journal - 22 february 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.94thinfdiv.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Richmond County Journal - 22 february 1945, World War II Young American Patriots