MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Brown, William Van

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Brown​

• FORENAME

William Van​

• UNIT

2 Bn (Blue Combat Team)​

• RANK

Corporal​

• NUMBER

34019439​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Foxworth,Marion County,Mississippi​

born 21.7.1920 Angie,Louisiana​

son of William Thomas and Geneva Burnette (nee Mullins) Brown​

unskilled mill worker in manufacture of textiles in civilian life​

enlisted 28.2.1941 Camp Shelby,Mississippi​

married Ruth Marguerite Herrington 11.5.1946 (1922-2014)​

died 4.10.2003 Palestine,Texas​

Land of Memory Cemetery,Palestine,Anderson County,Texas​

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