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Home Town Hannibal
Last Address Mount Olivet Cemetery Wheat Ridge Jefferson County Colorado, USA
Date of Passing Apr 02, 1949
Location of Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery - Wheat Ridge, Colorado
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Lawrence Palmer Brown (known as Larry), was born to Margaret "Molly" Brown (née Tobin) & James Joseph (J.J.)Brown (1854 -1922), survivor of the Titanic.
Larry married Hannah Elizabeth Horton (1890 - 1985) on January 1, 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri. They had two children: Lawrence Palmer "Pat" Brown, Jr. (1911-1976) and Eileen Elizabeth "Betty" Brown (1913 - 1974). The marriage failed and Larry married Mildred Gregory (1895 - 1956) on November 17, 1926 in Beverly Hills, California.
This marriage produced no other children. Larry died on April 2, 1949. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Brown He has a veteran headstone. He was a Capt., Co.H. 117th Infantry, 30th Division. Discharged 19 Jan 1919.
Family links: Parents: James Joseph Brown (1855 - 1922) Margaret Brown (1868 - 1932) Spouse: Mildred Gregory Brown (1895 - 1956) Sibling: Lawrence Palmer Brown (1887 - 1949) Catherine Ellen Brown Benziger (1889 - 1969)* Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery Wheat Ridge Jefferson County Colorado, USA
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The 117th Infantry Regiment was part of the 59th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Division, II Corps, American Expeditionary Forces. It was made up of Army National Guard Units in 1917 fromTennessee (117th Inf), North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia (30th Inf).
After the Division broke up in 1973, what was left was re-flagged the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (Mechanized Infantry) Headquarted in Clinton North Carolina as part of the North Carolina and West Virginia National Guard.
Years later it was disbanded and re-flagged as the 119th Infantry Regiment (North Carolina) and the 1st Squadron 150th Cavalry Regiment (West Virginia) National Guard Units.
World War I/Somme Defensive Campaign
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April / 1918
Description Somme Defensive, 21 March - 6 April 1918. The German high command decided to attack on the British-held Somme front in the direction of Amiens. A breakthrough at this point would separate the French from the British, push the latter into a pocket in Flanders, and open the way to the Channel ports.
The offensive began on 21 March 1918 with three German armies (about 62 divisions in all) in the assault. British defense lines were pierced in rapid succession. By 26 March Amiens was seriously threatened, and on the following day a gap was created between the French and British armies. But the Germans lacked reserves to exploit their initial phenomenal successes, and the Allies moved in enough reserves to bring the offensive to a halt by 6 April. The Germans had advanced up to 40 miles, had captured 1,500 square miles of ground and 70,000 prisoners, and had inflicted some 200,000 casualties. They had failed, however, to achieve any or their strategic objectives; destruction of the British, disruption of Allied lateral communicational and capture of Amiens.
On 25 March 1918, at the height at the German drive, Pershing placed the four American divisions at that time ready for combat at the disposal of the French. But only a few American units were engaged. They included the 6th, 12th, and 14th Engineers and the 17th, 22d, and 148th Aero Squadrons, a total of about 2200 men.
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