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1LT James Moody “Jim” Browning

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1LT James Moody “Jim” Browning

Birth
Death
14 Jan 1945 (aged 24)
Philippines
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 73 Lot 9
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1 LT James M. Browning
ID: o2036046
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: State At Large, TX
Status: KIA

Dallas (TX) Morning News, Dec 6, 1942, Section 1-14 [photo] (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Fightin' Men: News of Texans in the Armed Services
First Sergt. James M. Browning, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Browning, 4517 Swiss, has advised his parents of his promotion to master sergeant. He is with an Army cavalry unit somewhere in the Pacific and writes that he is getting plenty of good food. Sergeant Browning is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School.

Dallas (TX) Morning News, March 19, 1945, Section II, p. 1 (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
The Dallas Army-Navy war casualty list was lengthened Sunday with the announcement that four more soldiers have been killed in the Pacific area ....They were: First Lt. James M. Browning, son of Mrs. Betty Browning, 4910 East Side.....

Dallas (TX) Morning News, August 31, 1945, Section 1-4 (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
The Silver Star, awarded posthumously to her son, First Lt. James M. Browning, killed in action Jan 14 on Luzon, was presented Thursday to Mrs. J. B. Browning, 5003 Victor.
Presentation was made by Lt. Col., Rupert H. Johnson of the Inspector General's Department, Eighth Service Command headquarters.
The citation said Lieutenant Browning ordered his 43d Infantry Division platoon to take a more favorable position while he remained to provide protective fire and to lose his life.
A graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, Browning enlisted in the Army as a private in 1940, was commissioned in Australia, and served in the East Indies before being transferred to Luzon

Dallas (TX) Morning News, June 26, 1948, Section 1-10 (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
The bodies of seven Dallas soldiers who lost their lives during World War II are being returned to this country from Manila aboard the army transport Sergeant Morris E. Crain, the Army Department announced Friday. They are First Lt. James M. Browning, son of Mrs. Betty E. Browning, 5003 Victor....

Dallas (TX) Morning News, Sunday, Aug 1, 1948, Section 1-9 [Photo] (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Reburial services for Lt. James M. Browning, 24, who was killed Jan 14, 1945, during the invasion of Luzon in the Philippines, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday (Aug 2) at the East Dallas Baptist Church.
The Rev. W. A. Roberts of Buckner Orphans Home will officiate. He will be assisted by the Rev. C. M. Funk, retired Dallas minister.
Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery following military rites at the graveside.
Lieutenant Browning entered the National Guard as a private in 1940. he was graduated a second lieutenant from an officers training school in Australia in 1942. In 1944 he was sent to the Philippines and was killed in action three days after land there.
He attended the O. M. Roberts Elementary School in Dallas and was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He lived at 5006 Victor.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Betty Browning of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. J. D. McGowen, Dallas; Mrs. H. L. Bullock, Mrs. W. W. Starnes, both of Arlington; and one brother, J. B. Browning, Kansas City, Mo.
Pallbearers will be Dick Pendleton, T. J. Patton, John Knight, Jack Burnard, Jake Vigne, and D. W. Campbell, all of Dallas.

Dallas (TX) Morning News, Aug. 1, 1948, Section 4-2 (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
BROWNING First Lt. James M., 5003 Victor, age 24, native Dallasite, died Jan 14, 1945, on Luzon. Survived by mother, Mrs. Bettie E. Browning, Dallas; brother, J. b. Browning, Kansas City; three sisters, Mrs. J. D. McGowen, Dallas; Mrs. H. L. Bullock, Mrs. W. W. Starnes, both of Arlington, Texas. Services Monday 4 p.m. East Dallas Baptist church, Fitzhugh and Terry Sta., Rev. W. A. Roberts and Rev. C. M. Funk officiating. Interment Grove Hill Memorial Park with military honors. Pallbearers: Dick Pendleton, t. J. Patton, John Knight, Jack Bunard, Jake Vigne, D. W. Campbell. Arrangements Guardian Funeral Home.
http://www.wwiimemorial.com
1 LT James M. Browning
ID: o2036046
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: State At Large, TX
Status: KIA

Dallas (TX) Morning News, Dec 6, 1942, Section 1-14 [photo] (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Fightin' Men: News of Texans in the Armed Services
First Sergt. James M. Browning, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Browning, 4517 Swiss, has advised his parents of his promotion to master sergeant. He is with an Army cavalry unit somewhere in the Pacific and writes that he is getting plenty of good food. Sergeant Browning is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School.

Dallas (TX) Morning News, March 19, 1945, Section II, p. 1 (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
The Dallas Army-Navy war casualty list was lengthened Sunday with the announcement that four more soldiers have been killed in the Pacific area ....They were: First Lt. James M. Browning, son of Mrs. Betty Browning, 4910 East Side.....

Dallas (TX) Morning News, August 31, 1945, Section 1-4 (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
The Silver Star, awarded posthumously to her son, First Lt. James M. Browning, killed in action Jan 14 on Luzon, was presented Thursday to Mrs. J. B. Browning, 5003 Victor.
Presentation was made by Lt. Col., Rupert H. Johnson of the Inspector General's Department, Eighth Service Command headquarters.
The citation said Lieutenant Browning ordered his 43d Infantry Division platoon to take a more favorable position while he remained to provide protective fire and to lose his life.
A graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, Browning enlisted in the Army as a private in 1940, was commissioned in Australia, and served in the East Indies before being transferred to Luzon

Dallas (TX) Morning News, June 26, 1948, Section 1-10 (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
The bodies of seven Dallas soldiers who lost their lives during World War II are being returned to this country from Manila aboard the army transport Sergeant Morris E. Crain, the Army Department announced Friday. They are First Lt. James M. Browning, son of Mrs. Betty E. Browning, 5003 Victor....

Dallas (TX) Morning News, Sunday, Aug 1, 1948, Section 1-9 [Photo] (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Reburial services for Lt. James M. Browning, 24, who was killed Jan 14, 1945, during the invasion of Luzon in the Philippines, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday (Aug 2) at the East Dallas Baptist Church.
The Rev. W. A. Roberts of Buckner Orphans Home will officiate. He will be assisted by the Rev. C. M. Funk, retired Dallas minister.
Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery following military rites at the graveside.
Lieutenant Browning entered the National Guard as a private in 1940. he was graduated a second lieutenant from an officers training school in Australia in 1942. In 1944 he was sent to the Philippines and was killed in action three days after land there.
He attended the O. M. Roberts Elementary School in Dallas and was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He lived at 5006 Victor.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Betty Browning of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. J. D. McGowen, Dallas; Mrs. H. L. Bullock, Mrs. W. W. Starnes, both of Arlington; and one brother, J. B. Browning, Kansas City, Mo.
Pallbearers will be Dick Pendleton, T. J. Patton, John Knight, Jack Burnard, Jake Vigne, and D. W. Campbell, all of Dallas.

Dallas (TX) Morning News, Aug. 1, 1948, Section 4-2 (extracted from Browning & collateral families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
BROWNING First Lt. James M., 5003 Victor, age 24, native Dallasite, died Jan 14, 1945, on Luzon. Survived by mother, Mrs. Bettie E. Browning, Dallas; brother, J. b. Browning, Kansas City; three sisters, Mrs. J. D. McGowen, Dallas; Mrs. H. L. Bullock, Mrs. W. W. Starnes, both of Arlington, Texas. Services Monday 4 p.m. East Dallas Baptist church, Fitzhugh and Terry Sta., Rev. W. A. Roberts and Rev. C. M. Funk officiating. Interment Grove Hill Memorial Park with military honors. Pallbearers: Dick Pendleton, t. J. Patton, John Knight, Jack Bunard, Jake Vigne, D. W. Campbell. Arrangements Guardian Funeral Home.


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