WWII Heroes Donald E. & Percy Brown |
Pvt. Donald E. BrownPvt. Brown was serving in a tank corps when he was killed in action in France, July 28, 1944. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Brown. He was 24 years old. He entered the service April 4, 1942.
~photo & article from undated newspaper clipping - contributed by Ken Moen~*~*~
Donald E. Brown
Private, US Army
Service #37190660
745th Tank Battalion
Entered the service from Iowa
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Recorded on Tablets of the Missing at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France
Award: Purple Heart
~American Battle Monuments Commision website~*~*~
Percy BrownRecently discharged from the Navy. He was in the service 14 months, and 1 year of that time was spent in a hospital in California being treated for rheumatic fever. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Brown, Thompson.
~Mason City Globe-Gazette, May 17, 1945 - contributed by S. Ferrall~*~*~