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Brown, Robert L.

Date of birth:
December 15th, 1913 (Covington/Kentucky, United States)
Service number:
35 128 769
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
?: Technician 4th Grade;

Career:
August 12th, 1941: Fort Thomas, Kentucky;
?: Company G, 169th Infantry Regiment;
October 22nd, 1942 - February 28th, 1945: Southwest Pacific;
June 30th, 1945: honorable discharge, Wakeman Convalescent Hospital, Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1944
Expert Infantryman Badge
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 24th, 1945
Combat Infantryman Badge
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Technician 4th Grade (T-4)
Unit:
Company G, 2nd Battalion, 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army
Awarded on:
June 30th, 1945
Honorable Service Lapel Button / Honorable Discharge Emblem
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
For merits during the Luzon campaign.
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded for a wound received at Luzon, January 24th, 1945.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded with four campaign stars for "GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN" (18 - 23 February 1943), "NORTHERN SOLOMON CAMPAIGN" (February 1944), "NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN" (July1944) en "LUZOM CAMPAIGN" (January1945).
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

Sources

  • - Family
    - Discharge papers

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