Name: Stanley S Brown
First Name(s): Stanley S
Last Name: Brown
Place of birth: Colorado,
Rank: Sgt
ASN: 39911880
Company: C2
Unit: 517th PIR 1stBn 13th ABN Div
Reported as: KIA
Date of incident: 24-12-1944
Place of incident: Lamorménil
note: Sgt Stanley S Brown had made numerous jumps in Italy, France and Belgium and was at the side of a buddy, Carl Salmon, when the latter was killed in action in Reno Italy. Stanley had been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in France on September 15, 1944.
The soldier Brown had been promoted for the rank of Sergeant only a short time before he met his death on the battlefields in Belgium.
His story @ website The Battle of Grandmenil
Unit history of 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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