Robert Wendell BROWN
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Source : Andy
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 39134894 | ||||||
AGE | 19 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 5 March 1925 Butler County, KANSAS | ||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | INDIANA | ||||||
FAMILY |
Parents : Ralph Myrle & Bertha Leola Wilson | ||||||
RANK | Private First Class | ||||||
FONCTION | Infantry Man | ||||||
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BATTALION | Battery A | ||||||
460th Field Artillery Battalion | |||||||
REGIMENT | 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 11 September 1944 |
Source : Andy | |||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | l'Escarene, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes | ||||||
CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of -- N°-- | ||||||
CEMETERY | RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan | ||||||
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STORY | |||||||
Source : Fold 3 |
The 19-year-old Pfc Robert Brown of the 460th PAFB A Battery was the first allied soldier killed in the battle of the Braus Pass. A German artillery shell hit his howitzer and blew it up, injuring nine other men and killing him. It happened near the Escarène station. |
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Fold 3 |
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PROGRAMMER | Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |