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Egbert Lee Brown Veteran

Birth
Death
1 Mar 1923 (aged 32)
Burial
Forrest City, St. Francis County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
1462-OLD YARD
Memorial ID
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Colt Man Lose Life in Accident Aboard Destroyer: Manilla, Mar.1-A flareback of oil in the boiler room of the US Destroyer Hulbert snuffed out the lives of six enlisted men, one of whom is from Colt, Edgebert Lee Brown. The cause of death was suffocation from lack of oxygen. It had been ordered to use steam to extinguish the flames which were out of control, by Lt.Commander Frank A.Braisted. Forrest City Times Herald Mar.3,1923
Colt Man Lose Life in Accident Aboard Destroyer: Manilla, Mar.1-A flareback of oil in the boiler room of the US Destroyer Hulbert snuffed out the lives of six enlisted men, one of whom is from Colt, Edgebert Lee Brown. The cause of death was suffocation from lack of oxygen. It had been ordered to use steam to extinguish the flames which were out of control, by Lt.Commander Frank A.Braisted. Forrest City Times Herald Mar.3,1923

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