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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Harold Westby
Date of birth
4 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Beach, Golden Valley County, North Dakota
Hometown
Boothwyn, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33082121
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 21

Immediate family

Members
Frank C. Brown (father)
Annie M. (Kirkpatrick) Brown (mother)
Milton C. Brown (brother)
Gladys M. Brown (sister)
Leslie F. Brown (sister)
William J. Brown (brother)

More information

Sgt Harold W. Brown was employed at the Sun Oil Company before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 9 June 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Latch Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Hal G. Brown, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen