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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Robert W "Runt"
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15061167
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 90

Immediate family

Members
Mary K. (Ferguson) Brown (mother)
Stephen C. Brown (brother)
Richard C. Brown (brother)
George S. Brown (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert W. Brown attended high school for two years.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 31 December 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: Muncie Evening Press 24 October 1944