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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Charles Alex
Date of birth
2 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Flat Rock, Anderson County, South Carolina
Hometown
Flat Rock, Anderson County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34099638
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Foreman Construction
Unit
B Company,
33rd Armored Engineer Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Neundorf, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 3 15

Immediate family

Members
Wesley J. Brown (father)
Vaste (Tate) Brown (mother)
Margie Brown (sister)
Beulah Brown (sister)
Sarah Brown (sister)
Earline Brown (sister)
James W. Brown (brother)
George S. Brown (brother)
Hazel Brown (sister)
Nell (Acker) Brown (wife)

More information

Charles Brown attended Boys High School and Clemson University for two years.

He was a plumber before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 6 January 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, WWIIMemorial.com, Archives.gov, 7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - courtesy of Paul Kuijpers