US Army · Staff Sergeant · 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry "Old Hickory" Division · Service # 35385887 · b. 10 July 1908 in Akron, OH · Son of Elmer Philip Brown (1885 - 1965) and Elizabeth A Clough Brown Seebach (1887 - ) · Married to Anna Gombaski Brown (1906 - ) · Killed In Action Saturday 29 July 1944 during Operation Cobra and "The Breakout" near St Lo, France. The 30th Infantry Division had landed on the Normandy beaches on D-Day + 4 and was initially given the task of securing the high ground west of St Lo. Allied bombers attacked German defenses beginning on 24 July and "The Breakout" began on 25 July · Awarded the Purple Heart · Buried at the Normandy American Cemetery St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France Plot I Row 3 Grave 11 · Thirty-Six years old at the time of his death
US Army · Staff Sergeant · 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry "Old Hickory" Division · Service # 35385887 · b. 10 July 1908 in Akron, OH · Son of Elmer Philip Brown (1885 - 1965) and Elizabeth A Clough Brown Seebach (1887 - ) · Married to Anna Gombaski Brown (1906 - ) · Killed In Action Saturday 29 July 1944 during Operation Cobra and "The Breakout" near St Lo, France. The 30th Infantry Division had landed on the Normandy beaches on D-Day + 4 and was initially given the task of securing the high ground west of St Lo. Allied bombers attacked German defenses beginning on 24 July and "The Breakout" began on 25 July · Awarded the Purple Heart · Buried at the Normandy American Cemetery St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France Plot I Row 3 Grave 11 · Thirty-Six years old at the time of his death
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Entered the service from Ohio.
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