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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Marvin Louis
Date of birth
20 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas
Hometown
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39471682
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Morville-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 15 20

Immediate family

Members
James Brown (father)
Beulah Brown (mother)
Margaret R. (Reaver) Brown (wife)

More information

Pvt Marvin L. Brown worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington, on 14 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com –1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Washington Marriage Records, www.80thdivision.com
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