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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Troy
Date of birth
2 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lincoln County, Mississippi
Hometown
Lincoln County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
14031381
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Palenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 15 3

Immediate family

Members
James M. Brown (father)
Lizzie (Prestridge) Brown (mother)
Truitt Brown (brother)
Maxine Brown (sister)
James Brown (brother)
Robert Brown (brother)
George Brown (brother)
Katherine Brown (wife)
Sharon Brown (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Troy Brown worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Lincolnton, North Carolina in 20 November 1940.

The picture was taken during a visit to his grave by his niece, Mrs. Savell in 2004.

According to his great grandson, Cory Roberts, his grandmother, Sharon Brown, was born in December 1944, a month after T/Sgt Brown was killed. he never knew she was pregnant.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Cory Roberts, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com - U.S. WWII Draft Card Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mr and Mrs. David Savell