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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Joseph Henry
Date of birth
29 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42023047
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Bréménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 65

Immediate family

Members
Mofferd S. Brown (father)
Nora P. (White) Brown (mother)
Clifford A. Brown (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph H. Brown attended high school for one year and was a driver at the Mr. Brown Trucking Company before he enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 6 August 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy