Korean War
Service # | O-1185863 |
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Unit | HQ BTRY 57 FA BN 7 DIV |
Rank | Captain U.S. Army |
Date of Death | January 31 1951 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Honolulu Memorial |
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Captain Brown was awarded the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Captain Brown was a member of Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Hagary, North Korea on December 6, 1950 and died while a prisoner on January 31, 1951. . His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. CAP Brown's remains were recovered and identified.