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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Harry Walter
Date of birth
15 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Crabtree, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
20306375
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Ettelbrück, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 7 9

Immediate family

Members
Thompson Brown (father)
Hilda Brown (mother)
Oliver Brown (brother)
Ruth Brown (sister)
James Brown (brother)
Betty Brown (sister)
Thomas Brown (brother)
Doris M. Brown (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Harry W. Brown attended high school for four years and was a mechanic and repairman of motor vehicles when he joined the National Guard in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 17 February 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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Greensburg Pennsylvania