He is listed on the Honolulu Memorial where a bronze rosette has been placed beside his name, indicating he has now been accounted for.
USMC World War II
CPL Jack S,. Brown KIA Marianas Is, July 8, 1944
Unit Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia
He was the son of Alexander C. Brown and Sadie Stakes Brown.He never married.
service# 434673
Awards: He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Details of career here.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Wednesday, September 27, 1944
Page 16
Corp. Jack Brown, 22, Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Sadie Brown, Twenty-sixth Street, Virginia Beach and of the late Alec C. Brown, was killed in action on Saipan July 2, his mother has been informed. A former student at Oceana High School, and a former employee at Fort Story, he went overseas last December and was a veteran of the campaign in the Marshalls. In addition to his mother he is survived by four brothers: Alec C. Brown Jr., London Bridge, Pvt. Robert L. Brown, now in France, Ulysses T. Brown and Vernon C. Brown, of Virginia Beach and four sisters: Mrs. Alma Ives, Mrs. Marian Ward and Miss Jeanette Brown, Virginia Beach and Mrs. Hilda Griggs, of New York City.
From the American Battle Monuments Commission website:
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jack S. Brown, killed in WWII, disinterred from Manila American Cemetery for burial in home state of Virginia
Friday, July 15, 2022
Arlington, Virginia. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) announces U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Jack S. Brown, who was killed in World War II, has been accounted for 78 years after his death.
His remains, previously interred as an unknown at ABMC's Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines, are now set for burial in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 13, 2022.
Brown was killed in action on July 8, 1944, on the island of Saipan. His remains could not be recovered at the time of his death and he was declared non-recoverable in November of 1950. Brown was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Unidentified remains, listed as "Unknown X-30 2nd Marine Division Cemetery Saipan" and buried at the Manila American Cemetery, were disinterred in March 2021 and sent to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) laboratory in Hawaii for analysis.
Brown was officially accounted for on May 11, 2022.
A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Brown was 22 at the time of his death. He was part of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, which took part in the Battle of Saipan in a larger effort to capture the Mariana Islands from Japan.
Brown's name is inscribed in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, along with more than 18,000 others who are still missing from World War II. ABMC has placed a bronze rosette beside his name, indicating he has now been accounted for.
USMC World War II
CPL Jack S,. Brown KIA Marianas Is, July 8, 1944
Unit Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia
He was the son of Alexander C. Brown and Sadie Stakes Brown.He never married.
service# 434673
Awards: He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Details of career here.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Wednesday, September 27, 1944
Page 16
Corp. Jack Brown, 22, Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Sadie Brown, Twenty-sixth Street, Virginia Beach and of the late Alec C. Brown, was killed in action on Saipan July 2, his mother has been informed. A former student at Oceana High School, and a former employee at Fort Story, he went overseas last December and was a veteran of the campaign in the Marshalls. In addition to his mother he is survived by four brothers: Alec C. Brown Jr., London Bridge, Pvt. Robert L. Brown, now in France, Ulysses T. Brown and Vernon C. Brown, of Virginia Beach and four sisters: Mrs. Alma Ives, Mrs. Marian Ward and Miss Jeanette Brown, Virginia Beach and Mrs. Hilda Griggs, of New York City.
From the American Battle Monuments Commission website:
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jack S. Brown, killed in WWII, disinterred from Manila American Cemetery for burial in home state of Virginia
Friday, July 15, 2022
Arlington, Virginia. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) announces U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Jack S. Brown, who was killed in World War II, has been accounted for 78 years after his death.
His remains, previously interred as an unknown at ABMC's Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines, are now set for burial in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 13, 2022.
Brown was killed in action on July 8, 1944, on the island of Saipan. His remains could not be recovered at the time of his death and he was declared non-recoverable in November of 1950. Brown was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Unidentified remains, listed as "Unknown X-30 2nd Marine Division Cemetery Saipan" and buried at the Manila American Cemetery, were disinterred in March 2021 and sent to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) laboratory in Hawaii for analysis.
Brown was officially accounted for on May 11, 2022.
A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Brown was 22 at the time of his death. He was part of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, which took part in the Battle of Saipan in a larger effort to capture the Mariana Islands from Japan.
Brown's name is inscribed in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, along with more than 18,000 others who are still missing from World War II. ABMC has placed a bronze rosette beside his name, indicating he has now been accounted for.
He is listed on the Honolulu Memorial where a bronze rosette has been placed beside his name, indicating he has now been accounted for.
USMC World War II
CPL Jack S,. Brown KIA Marianas Is, July 8, 1944
Unit Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia
He was the son of Alexander C. Brown and Sadie Stakes Brown.He never married.
service# 434673
Awards: He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Details of career here.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Wednesday, September 27, 1944
Page 16
Corp. Jack Brown, 22, Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Sadie Brown, Twenty-sixth Street, Virginia Beach and of the late Alec C. Brown, was killed in action on Saipan July 2, his mother has been informed. A former student at Oceana High School, and a former employee at Fort Story, he went overseas last December and was a veteran of the campaign in the Marshalls. In addition to his mother he is survived by four brothers: Alec C. Brown Jr., London Bridge, Pvt. Robert L. Brown, now in France, Ulysses T. Brown and Vernon C. Brown, of Virginia Beach and four sisters: Mrs. Alma Ives, Mrs. Marian Ward and Miss Jeanette Brown, Virginia Beach and Mrs. Hilda Griggs, of New York City.
From the American Battle Monuments Commission website:
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jack S. Brown, killed in WWII, disinterred from Manila American Cemetery for burial in home state of Virginia
Friday, July 15, 2022
Arlington, Virginia. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) announces U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Jack S. Brown, who was killed in World War II, has been accounted for 78 years after his death.
His remains, previously interred as an unknown at ABMC's Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines, are now set for burial in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 13, 2022.
Brown was killed in action on July 8, 1944, on the island of Saipan. His remains could not be recovered at the time of his death and he was declared non-recoverable in November of 1950. Brown was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Unidentified remains, listed as "Unknown X-30 2nd Marine Division Cemetery Saipan" and buried at the Manila American Cemetery, were disinterred in March 2021 and sent to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) laboratory in Hawaii for analysis.
Brown was officially accounted for on May 11, 2022.
A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Brown was 22 at the time of his death. He was part of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, which took part in the Battle of Saipan in a larger effort to capture the Mariana Islands from Japan.
Brown's name is inscribed in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, along with more than 18,000 others who are still missing from World War II. ABMC has placed a bronze rosette beside his name, indicating he has now been accounted for.
USMC World War II
CPL Jack S,. Brown KIA Marianas Is, July 8, 1944
Unit Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia
He was the son of Alexander C. Brown and Sadie Stakes Brown.He never married.
service# 434673
Awards: He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Details of career here.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Wednesday, September 27, 1944
Page 16
Corp. Jack Brown, 22, Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Sadie Brown, Twenty-sixth Street, Virginia Beach and of the late Alec C. Brown, was killed in action on Saipan July 2, his mother has been informed. A former student at Oceana High School, and a former employee at Fort Story, he went overseas last December and was a veteran of the campaign in the Marshalls. In addition to his mother he is survived by four brothers: Alec C. Brown Jr., London Bridge, Pvt. Robert L. Brown, now in France, Ulysses T. Brown and Vernon C. Brown, of Virginia Beach and four sisters: Mrs. Alma Ives, Mrs. Marian Ward and Miss Jeanette Brown, Virginia Beach and Mrs. Hilda Griggs, of New York City.
From the American Battle Monuments Commission website:
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jack S. Brown, killed in WWII, disinterred from Manila American Cemetery for burial in home state of Virginia
Friday, July 15, 2022
Arlington, Virginia. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) announces U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Jack S. Brown, who was killed in World War II, has been accounted for 78 years after his death.
His remains, previously interred as an unknown at ABMC's Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines, are now set for burial in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 13, 2022.
Brown was killed in action on July 8, 1944, on the island of Saipan. His remains could not be recovered at the time of his death and he was declared non-recoverable in November of 1950. Brown was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Unidentified remains, listed as "Unknown X-30 2nd Marine Division Cemetery Saipan" and buried at the Manila American Cemetery, were disinterred in March 2021 and sent to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) laboratory in Hawaii for analysis.
Brown was officially accounted for on May 11, 2022.
A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Brown was 22 at the time of his death. He was part of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, which took part in the Battle of Saipan in a larger effort to capture the Mariana Islands from Japan.
Brown's name is inscribed in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, along with more than 18,000 others who are still missing from World War II. ABMC has placed a bronze rosette beside his name, indicating he has now been accounted for.
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