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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Lee F
Date of birth
28 november 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Vera, Washington County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36886874
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Reiff, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 10 45

Immediate family

Members
James A. Brown (father)
Etta (Gottliob) Brown (mother)
Clara Brown (sister)
Lurton Brown (brother)
May Brown (sister)
Albert Brown (brother)
Alberta Brown (sister)
Hazel M. (Fisher) Brown (wife)

More information

Pfc Lee F. Brown was employed by Mich-I-Penn Oil Company in Detroit, MIchigan.

He suffered a shot wound in the face.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium. After being disinterred he was rebuired at Henri-Chapelle on 4 October 1948.

After being disinterred a second time and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given hin final resting place on 29 April 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Susan Linton, www.ancestry.com - Draft Registration and Enlisment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.11tharmoreddivision.com, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - Detroit News - 29 March 1945