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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Garvin G
Date of birth
16 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Clinton County, Kentucky
Hometown
Clinton County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15058446
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 77

Immediate family

Members
John W. Brown (father)
Adline (Burris) Brown (mother)
Herbert Brown (brother)
Alvin H. Brown (brother)
Dual W. Brown (brother)
Julan C. Brown (brother)
Thomas G. Brown (brother)
Elmer P. Brown (brother)
Vela Brown (sister)

More information

Garvin G. Brown worked on a farm.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 21 October 1940.



He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Several Family Trees / Kentucky Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dan Phelan