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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Jack T
Date of birth
23 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Mason, Mason County, Texas
Hometown
Texon, Reagan County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38606179
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wissembourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 43 33

Immediate family

Members
James T. Brown (father)
Katherine (Lindsay) Brown (mother)
James B. Brown (brother)
John L. Brown (brother)
Mabel M. (McFadden) Brown (wife)

More information

Pvt Jack T. Brown attended high school for three years and was employed at the Big Lake Oil Company before he enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 9 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Englisment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Our Goode Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Hal G. Brown
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