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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Paul H
Date of birth
21 January 1909
Age
36
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Putnam County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37626662
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oerlinghausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 15 21

Immediate family

Members
William B. Brown (father)
Nelly D. (Eaton) Brown (mother)
James H. Brown (brother)
William A. Brown (brother)
Augusta F. (McLin) Brown (wife)

More information

Pfc. Brown was a manager for a farmers exchange at Powersville for seven years when he enlisted on 9 November 1943. He was sent overseas on 13 May 1944.

On one picture, Paul Brown (on the right) poses with his brother William.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Cillicothe Constitution-Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, Lyndsey Walker