Brown, Donald E., PVT

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Private

Last Service Branch
Armor

Last Primary MOS
795-Tank Crewman

Last MOS Group
Armor

Primary Unit
1944-1944, 795, 745th Tank Battalion

Service Years
1942 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Iowa

Year of Birth
1922

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Casualty Info

Home Town Winnebago County
Casualty Date Jul 28, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location France	Conflict World War II

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2004, World War II Fallen

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Unit Assignments


	1944-1944, 795, 745th Tank Battalion

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)/Operation Overlord/D-Day Beach Landings - Operation Neptune
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Army Pvt. Donald E. Brown, killed during World War II, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 20, 2018.

In July 1944, Brown was a member of Company A, 745th Tank Battalion, fighting in support of the 1st Infantry Division in the European Theater, in World War II. Brown was killed in action on July 28, 1944, when his M-4 Sherman tank was destroyed by enemy fire near Cambernon, France.

Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)