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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, George Edward
Date of birth
14 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wells, Hamilton County, New York
Hometown
Hamilton County, New York

Military service

Service number
32941292
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
735th Railway Operating Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 6

Immediate family

Members
Truman E. Brown (father)
Nina B. (Hosley) Brown (mother)
Alma Lasher (Fiancee)

More information

T/4 George E. Brown graduated from Wells High School with the class of 1937 after which he attended Albany Business College. He was also a graduate of the Lincoln School of Electric Welding at Cleveland, Ohio. Upon completion of his schooling, he was employed by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York as a welder.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 5 July 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet