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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, William M
Date of birth
20 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Manassas County, Virginia
Hometown
Prince William County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33628486
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Near Zincourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 28

Immediate family

Members
Harold E. Brown (father)
Rosa L. (Bradfield) Brown (mother)
Margaret L. Brown (sister)
Harold Brown (brother)
Gerald Brown (brother)

More information

Pfc William M. Brown enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 9 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McDonald Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy