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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Gene Coolidge
Date of birth
3 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Peek, Ellis County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Annett, Ellis County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38567400
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Oberroederm, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 13

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin H. Brown (father)
Grace O. (Everhart) Brown (mother)
Juanita A. Brown (sister)
Oleta J. Brown (sister)
Ocie L. Brown (sister)
Beverlyn B. Brown (sister)
Jane (Allred) Brown (wife)
Jackie G. Brown (son)

More information

Pvt Gene C. Brown worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 19 November 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Reocrd, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / John Inselman Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Hal G. Brown, www.newspapers.com - Ellis County Capital, 26 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Northwest Oklahoman and Ellis County News, 16 March 1945