Private First-Class Laurence Edward Brown, born 29 Oct 1923, was the only son of Hugh Edward and Carrie B. (Ellen) Brown of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Cleveland Heights is on the east-northeast side of Cleveland. Hugh Brown was a Sgt 1st Class in Company F of the 112th Engineers at Meuse-Argonne and in the Ypres-Lys Defensive Sector in WW1.
In the 1930 census 6-year-old Laurence is living with his parents and sister, Marjory 9, at 2040 Marlindale (see home pic in replies) in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His father is a sales engineer for a wire works. By the 1940 census 16-year-old Laurence is living with his parents and sister Marjory 19 still at 2040 Marlindale. His father is the research director of an iron and bronze factory.
The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county show Brown, Laurence E., PFC from Cuyahoga County as “DOW” (Died of Wounds) so he must have been seriously wounded, evacuated to England, but did not survive his wounds. Since PFC Brown died of wounds we don’t know the date he was mortally wounded. From History of the 75th Infantry Division we do know where the 75th was in February and March of 1945: “Shifting to the Seventh Army area in the Alsace Lorraine, the 75th crossed the Colmar Canal, 1 February, and took part in the liberation of Colmar and in the determined fighting between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains. It crossed the Rhine Canal and reached the Rhine, 7 February. After a brief rest at Luneville, it returned to combat, relieving the 6th British Airborne Division on a 24-mile defensive front along the Maas River, near Roermond, Holland, 21 February. From 13 to 23 March, the 75th patrolled a sector along the west bank of the Rhine from Wesel to Homberg and probed enemy defenses at night. On 24 March, elements crossed the Rhine in the wake of the 30th and 79th Divisions.”
In the 1930 census 6-year-old Laurence is living with his parents and sister, Marjory 9, at 2040 Marlindale (see home pic in replies) in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His father is a sales engineer for a wire works. By the 1940 census 16-year-old Laurence is living with his parents and sister Marjory 19 still at 2040 Marlindale. His father is the research director of an iron and bronze factory.
The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county show Brown, Laurence E., PFC from Cuyahoga County as “DOW” (Died of Wounds) so he must have been seriously wounded, evacuated to England, but did not survive his wounds. Since PFC Brown died of wounds we don’t know the date he was mortally wounded. From History of the 75th Infantry Division we do know where the 75th was in February and March of 1945: “Shifting to the Seventh Army area in the Alsace Lorraine, the 75th crossed the Colmar Canal, 1 February, and took part in the liberation of Colmar and in the determined fighting between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains. It crossed the Rhine Canal and reached the Rhine, 7 February. After a brief rest at Luneville, it returned to combat, relieving the 6th British Airborne Division on a 24-mile defensive front along the Maas River, near Roermond, Holland, 21 February. From 13 to 23 March, the 75th patrolled a sector along the west bank of the Rhine from Wesel to Homberg and probed enemy defenses at night. On 24 March, elements crossed the Rhine in the wake of the 30th and 79th Divisions.”
Private First-Class Laurence Edward Brown, born 29 Oct 1923, was the only son of Hugh Edward and Carrie B. (Ellen) Brown of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Cleveland Heights is on the east-northeast side of Cleveland. Hugh Brown was a Sgt 1st Class in Company F of the 112th Engineers at Meuse-Argonne and in the Ypres-Lys Defensive Sector in WW1.
In the 1930 census 6-year-old Laurence is living with his parents and sister, Marjory 9, at 2040 Marlindale (see home pic in replies) in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His father is a sales engineer for a wire works. By the 1940 census 16-year-old Laurence is living with his parents and sister Marjory 19 still at 2040 Marlindale. His father is the research director of an iron and bronze factory.
The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county show Brown, Laurence E., PFC from Cuyahoga County as “DOW” (Died of Wounds) so he must have been seriously wounded, evacuated to England, but did not survive his wounds. Since PFC Brown died of wounds we don’t know the date he was mortally wounded. From History of the 75th Infantry Division we do know where the 75th was in February and March of 1945: “Shifting to the Seventh Army area in the Alsace Lorraine, the 75th crossed the Colmar Canal, 1 February, and took part in the liberation of Colmar and in the determined fighting between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains. It crossed the Rhine Canal and reached the Rhine, 7 February. After a brief rest at Luneville, it returned to combat, relieving the 6th British Airborne Division on a 24-mile defensive front along the Maas River, near Roermond, Holland, 21 February. From 13 to 23 March, the 75th patrolled a sector along the west bank of the Rhine from Wesel to Homberg and probed enemy defenses at night. On 24 March, elements crossed the Rhine in the wake of the 30th and 79th Divisions.”
In the 1930 census 6-year-old Laurence is living with his parents and sister, Marjory 9, at 2040 Marlindale (see home pic in replies) in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His father is a sales engineer for a wire works. By the 1940 census 16-year-old Laurence is living with his parents and sister Marjory 19 still at 2040 Marlindale. His father is the research director of an iron and bronze factory.
The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county show Brown, Laurence E., PFC from Cuyahoga County as “DOW” (Died of Wounds) so he must have been seriously wounded, evacuated to England, but did not survive his wounds. Since PFC Brown died of wounds we don’t know the date he was mortally wounded. From History of the 75th Infantry Division we do know where the 75th was in February and March of 1945: “Shifting to the Seventh Army area in the Alsace Lorraine, the 75th crossed the Colmar Canal, 1 February, and took part in the liberation of Colmar and in the determined fighting between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains. It crossed the Rhine Canal and reached the Rhine, 7 February. After a brief rest at Luneville, it returned to combat, relieving the 6th British Airborne Division on a 24-mile defensive front along the Maas River, near Roermond, Holland, 21 February. From 13 to 23 March, the 75th patrolled a sector along the west bank of the Rhine from Wesel to Homberg and probed enemy defenses at night. On 24 March, elements crossed the Rhine in the wake of the 30th and 79th Divisions.”
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