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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Franklin T Sr
Date of birth
19 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1175958
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Menningen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 6 1

Immediate family

Members
James G. Brown (father)
Jennie M. (Turner) Brown (mother)
Eleanor J. Brown (sister)
Margaret L. (Boush) Brown (1st wife)
Adeline M. (Falasco) Brown (2nd wife)

More information

2nd Lt Franklin T. Brown Sr. attended high school for three years and worked in sales.

He was married to Margaret L. Boush on 4 May 1935. They divorced and he was then married to Adeline M. Falasco in September 1942.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Camp Perry, Ohio on 25 June 1942.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Registration Card / Ohio Marriage Records / 1920/1930 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree