World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Stark
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Private First Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
OPN Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
132 Signal
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Medals and Honors:
Circumstances:
Killed in action New Guinea
Biography:
Henry Franklin Brown was born in New England, Stark County, North Dakota on May 3, 1922, to Frank Matt Braun (Brown) and Mildred Lola Johnson. He entered United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on October 28 (31), 1942 and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Private First Class Brown was killed in action on April 19, 1944, in Finschhafen, New Guinea, and is buried in Grave 2, Row 2, Section A (535), at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota. He received the Good Conduct Medal.
Sources: WWII Stark County Book/Ancestry/Find a Grave