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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Emmett Hood
Date of birth
23 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Bullitt County, Kentucky
Hometown
Nelson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35497029
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
5th Armored Division,
B Troop
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
In the area of Minden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 19 14

Immediate family

Members
Henry C. Brown (father)
Sally (Hood) Brown (mother)
Amos G. Brown (brother)
Etheline Brown (sister)
Gene R. Brown (brother)
Joy M. Brown (sister)
Edward H. brown (brother)

More information

T/5 Emmett H. Brown was a farmer.

He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 8 October 1942.

Mrs. Lilian Souren recalls the following: 'Emmett was stationed in the hamlet of Retersbeek / Klimmen in the Netherlands somewhere in the autumn of 1944. My mother, Mia Packbiers, was a girl of 15 years old then, when she met him. She remembered Emmett juggling with some oranges and mentioned his name lots of times to us her children, even in her old days.'

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, WWIIMemorial.com, Archives.gov, 5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Birth Index / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Murrell Porter