Earnest E. Brown

World War II
Service #33843369
Unit394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division
RankPrivate U.S. Army
Entered Service From Virginia
Date of DeathJanuary 16 1946
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart.

Notes

PVT Brown was listed as missing in action. His remains were recovered in 2005 and permanently interred at a private cemetery near Bristol, Virginia. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.