| Name |
Brown, Eldo |
| Birth |
5 Jun 1918 [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
BROW.E011 |
| _FGRAVE |
6305965 |
| Military Service |
World War II, Private First Class, Company D, 165th Infantry Regiment, 27th New York Infantry Division, United States Army [1] |
- Entered active service as a draftee on August 27, 1941 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training, qualified in the military occupational specialty of Machine Gunner (605) and departed the Continental U.S. on March 8, 1942 bound for The Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to Company D, 165th Infantry Regiment, 27th New York Infantry Division. Fought in the Central Pacific, Eastern Mandates and Ryukyus Campaigns. Earned The Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on October 11, 1945 at The Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
(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://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2048342
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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. … |
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Military Service Ribbons, Brown, Eldo (1918-1977)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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27th Infantry Division, United States Army
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27th Infantry Division, United States Army
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American Campaign Medal, United States
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American Campaign Medal, United States Military
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
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Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
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Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
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Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
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Fort Sheridan, Illinois
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Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores
(Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
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Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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United States Army
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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,… |
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World War II
(1939-1945) |
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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| Death |
22 May 1977 [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois  [2] |
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Headstone, Brown, Eldo
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Headstone, Brown, Donna J. and Eldo
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| Person ID |
I43269 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2024 |
English
1918 - 1977 (58 years)
