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BROWN, Samuel Hays - Date of
birth
3 July 1912 -
Age
32 - Place of
birth
Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-319836 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Battery,
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 March 1945 - Place of
death
1.7 miles northeast of Wesel, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 4 | 8 |
Immediate family
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Members
Samuel H. Brown (father)
Mattie (Hays) Brown (mother)
More information
1st Lt Brown was a passenger in CG-4A Glider n° 43, which mission was to drop personnel of the 155th AAA BattalionThis glider was released over the landing zone at 1116 hours and was last seen as it entered the smoke over the landing zone and was not observed after that. Glider pilots who returned after the battle had no knowledge of what had happened to the pilot and co-pilot of this glider, or of the glider itself.
On board were two crew members, pilot 1st Lt Paul L. Hurney and co-pilot 2nd Lt William J. Niland and 3 passengers of HQ Battery of the, 155th AAA Battalion None of them survived the crash.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, Book: The Last Drop, 24-25 March 1945 by Stephen L. Wright.
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, The Courier-Journal 6 May 1945, Rhonda Patton Wathen