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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Benell Theodore
Date of birth
5 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Greenville, Bond County, Illinois
Hometown
Greenville, Bond County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36438429
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Helenenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 3 5

Immediate family

Members
Ben S. Brown (father)
Lora M. (Ethridge) Brown (mother)
Lamoine D. Brown (brother)
Louise Brown (sister)
Simon M. Brown (brother)
Genevieve A. (Wheat) Brown (wife)

More information

Pfc Benell T. Brown graduated from Greenville High School in 1941 and was employed for a time by the Genre Clothing Co.

He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 4 December 1942. He first served with an anti-aircraft unit before he requested transfer to the Air Corps. Due to a shortage of infantrymen and a surplus of personnel in the Air Corps, he was transferred to the infantry in April 1943 and sent overseas in December 1944.

Benell Brown was married to Genevieve A. Wheat on 13 May 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Herald Decatur - 3 April 1945 / The Greenville Advocate - 28 June 1945, http://76thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem