Brown, Evan S.

1919 - 1945  (25 years)

• Name	Brown, Evan S.
  Birth	22 Oct 1919	Hoosier, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BROW.E010
  _FGRAVE	24630753
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, 291st Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, United States Army  [2, 3]
  	Trained and assigned to the 291st Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division which entered combat in the Liege Region of Belgium on Christmas day 1944 during the Battle of The Bulge. Private 1st Class Brown was killed in action on February 4, 1945 in vicinity of Bischwihr, France in the midst of the Ardennes Campaign. Earned The Purple Heart Medal, The American Campaign Medal, The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze battle star and The WWII Victory Medal; all received posthumously. Buried in Orchid Hill Cemetery with military honors at Louisville, Illinois. Honored also at the WWII memorial in Flora, Illinois. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1895200
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		Evan S. Brown (1919-1945)
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Brown, Evan S. (1919-1945) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		75th Infantry Division, United States Army
  		75th Infantry Division, United States Army
  		291st Infantry Regiment, United States Army
  		Battle of the Bulge, World War II
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Brown, Evan S. (1919-1945)
  Death	4 Feb 1945	Bischwihr, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France   [1, 3]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  Burial	Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 3]
  		Headstone, Brown, Evan S.
  		Headstone, Brown, Evan S.
  Person ID	I42968	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Oct 1919 - Hoosier, Clay County, Illinois Death - Cause: Killed in Action - 4 Feb 1945 - Bischwihr, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Burial - - Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13284] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brown, Evan S., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24630753), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14697] World War II Honoree, Evan S. Brown, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1895200) (Reliability: 2).