Brown, George M.

1919 - 1945  (25 years)

• Name	Brown, George M.
  Birth	22 Oct 1919
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BROW.G010
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Company C, 16th Armored Engineer Battalion, United States Army  [1]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on October 30, 1941 at East Saint Louis, Illinois. Selected for the Armored Engineer Corps, completed basic training, and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of General Carpenter (050). Departed the Continental U.S. on May 25, 1942 bound for North Africa. Assigned to and served with Company C, 16th Armored Engineer Battalion in The Tunisian and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal With 2 bronze battle stars and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably Discharged as a Private First Class on September 2, 1945 at The Separation Center, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. (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=2019456
  		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,…
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		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, George M.
  Death	4 Feb 1945
  Person ID	I43270	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S15081] World War II Honoree, George M. Brown, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2019456) (Reliability: 2).