- SURNAME
Brown
- FORENAME
Lloyd Melville
- UNIT
3rd Parachute Battalion (Company L)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
436142
- DATE OF DEATH
9th December 1943
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 12.09.1922, Dunsmuir, California, USA
father Melville Harrison Brown (1898-1972)
mother Marjorie Helene (nee Phillips) Briggs (1900-1968)
graduated Shasta Union High School
employed by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
30.06.1942 draft card Lassen, California
02.09.1942 entered service
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Marjorie H. Heikkinen, 2254 North Street, Redding, California
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Dec-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3556453/lloyd-melville-brownSERVICE HISTORY:
BROWN, Lloyd M., PFC 521/745 SN: 436142
Born: 12 Sep 1922 California
Enlisted USMCR: 02 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 2254 North Street, Redding, California)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA (Section B, Site 190)
6th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 6thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “2Sep42; 3, jdfr WRD; 2, enl DHS San Francisco, Calif.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 6thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “24, tr fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); tr to Para Trng Sch, Post”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 PFC, Co A, ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA ”2Sep42; 24, jdfr 6thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 PFC, C Co, 3rd ParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “2Sep42; Para”
Company L, 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Oct 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 13, emb on board LST V-11-E at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
Born: 12 Sep 1922 California
Enlisted USMCR: 02 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 2254 North Street, Redding, California)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA (Section B, Site 190)
6th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 6thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “2Sep42; 3, jdfr WRD; 2, enl DHS San Francisco, Calif.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 6thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “24, tr fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); tr to Para Trng Sch, Post”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 PFC, Co A, ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA ”2Sep42; 24, jdfr 6thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 PFC, C Co, 3rd ParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “2Sep42; Para”
Company L, 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Oct 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 13, emb on board LST V-11-E at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
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