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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Carl T
Date of birth
18 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Howard County, Maryland
Hometown
Howard County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33000547
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bettendorf, Schleiden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 13 10

Immediate family

Members
Carl T. Brown (father)
Irene C. (O'Neill) Brown (mother)
Hazel E. Brown (sister)
Joseph P. Brown (brother)
Mildred I. Brown (sister)
John F. Brown (brother)
Elanor M. Brown (sister)
Howard B. Brown (brother)
Harry S. Brown (brother)

More information

Pvt Carl Brown worked on a farm.

He enlisted on 19 April 1941 at Baltimore Maryland. He was sent overseas on 5 October 1942. He was seriously wounded in action on 19 June 1944 and recovered in a hospital in England.

Pvt Brown was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Star Washington DC - 2 February 1945, Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Star Washington DC - 2 February 1945