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PFC Claude Huston Brownell

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PFC Claude Huston Brownell

Birth
Baskin, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
6 Jun 1944 (aged 22)
Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot J, Row 6, Grave 32
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He was the son of John Harvey Brownell Jr., and Fannie Phillips. His hometown was Madison Parish, Louisiana.

PFC Brownell served with the US Army, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

After entering the service, Claude was sent overseas and assigned to B Company 116th Infantry. He trained with that unit for and embarked with that unit for the amphibious assault on Hitler's "fortress Europe". He was killed in action that day, 6 Jun 1944, on the beach near Vierville-sur-mer.

Source:
http://116thregimentrollofhonor.blogspot.com/2016/06/pfc-claude-h-brownell.html

Awards: Purple Heart



He was the son of John Harvey Brownell Jr., and Fannie Phillips. His hometown was Madison Parish, Louisiana.

PFC Brownell served with the US Army, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

After entering the service, Claude was sent overseas and assigned to B Company 116th Infantry. He trained with that unit for and embarked with that unit for the amphibious assault on Hitler's "fortress Europe". He was killed in action that day, 6 Jun 1944, on the beach near Vierville-sur-mer.

Source:
http://116thregimentrollofhonor.blogspot.com/2016/06/pfc-claude-h-brownell.html

Awards: Purple Heart



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Entered the service from Louisiana.

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  • Maintained by: svanwyk
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56642737/claude_huston-brownell: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Claude Huston Brownell (8 Nov 1921–6 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56642737, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by svanwyk (contributor 46563145).