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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, T. B Jr
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Titus County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38040893
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Weilerbach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
T.B. Brown Sr. (father)
Florence V. (Horn) Brown (mother)
John P. Brown (brother)
Aline Brown (sister)

More information

Pvt T.B. Brown joined the Regular Army in Dallas on 18 March 1941.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

On 8 and 9 February the 10th Infantry Regiment made an attack on the Siegfried Line, crossing the Sauer River near Weilerbach under fire of enemy machine-guns and artillery. A lot of the rubber and wooden boats were destroyed during the river crossing.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, , www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men , A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Soilsister