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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Frederick O
Date of birth
20 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
36871776
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Borgeln, Welver, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 21 14

Immediate family

Members
Fred O. Brown (father)
Jane T. Brown (mother)
Deborah C. Brown (wife)
Pamela Brown (daughter)

More information

Pfc Frederick O. Brown graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and was employed by the Standard Oil Company.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 11 April 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his finale resting place on 7 January 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 29 April 1945, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/vetegb.php?id=576, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle