Brown, Eldo

1918 - 1977  (58 years)

• Name	Brown, Eldo
  Birth	5 Jun 1918  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BROW.E011
  _FGRAVE	6305965
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Company D, 165th Infantry Regiment, 27th New York Infantry Division, United States Army  [1]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on August 27, 1941 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training, qualified in the military occupational specialty of Machine Gunner (605) and departed the Continental U.S. on March 8, 1942 bound for The Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to Company D, 165th Infantry Regiment, 27th New York Infantry Division. Fought in the Central Pacific, Eastern Mandates and Ryukyus Campaigns. Earned The Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on October 11, 1945 at The Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, 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://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2048342
  		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,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
  		Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
  		Military Service Ribbons, Brown, Eldo (1918-1977) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		27th Infantry Division, United States Army
  		27th Infantry Division, United States Army
  		Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, 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. …
  Death	22 May 1977  [1, 2]
  Burial	Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois   [2]
  		Headstone, Brown, Eldo
  		Headstone, Brown, Donna J. and Eldo
  Person ID	I43269	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Strange, Donna J.,   b. 2 Sep 1928   d. 17 Sep 2007 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1946  [2]
  Age at Marriage	He was 27 years and 7 months - She was 17 years and 4 months.
  Family ID	F16755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13561] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brown, Eldo, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6305965/eldo-brown), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13562] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brown, Donna J. and Eldo, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6305965/eldo-brown), none. (Reliability: 2).