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BROWN, Grover L - Date of
birth
1921 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Illinois -
Hometown
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15044610 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
Tank Driver -
Unit
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Armored Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 September 1944 - Place of
death
Athienville area, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Gladys Helmerick (mother)
Delores Brown (wife)
More information
Cpl Grover L. Brown joined the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 7 August 1940. He was sent overseas in January 1944.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, Evansville Press 10 October 1944 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott