Brown, Charles W.

1922 - 1944  (22 years)

• Name	Brown, Charles W.
  Birth	8 Jan 1922  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BROW.C019
  _FGRAVE	22564333
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, United States Army  [2, 3]
  	Private First Class. Served in Field Artillery unit. Killed in action on July 19, 1944. Buried with military honors at Elmwood Cemetery in Flora, Illinois. Honored also at the WWII memorial in that city. 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=1901376
  		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. …
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		World War II Honoree, Brown, Charles W. (1922-1944)
  		United States Army
  		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 Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	19 Jul 1944  [1]
  	Cause: Killed in action
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Brown, Charles E.
  		Headstone, Brown, Charles W. Displayed with permission of Ewood Sexton
  Person ID	I42967	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13282] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brown, Charles E., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22564333/charles-w_-brown), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S10262] World War II Honoree, Charles W. Brown, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1901376) (Reliability: 2).