Frederick Eugene Brown

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Marine Corps

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 6 OCTOBER 1943 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. RECRUIT TRAINING SECOND RECRUIT BATTALION RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS 23 SQUADRON, 3 MARINE AIR WING AT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION EWA, HAWAII. JULY 1944 ASSIGNED TO SERVICE AND SUPPLY COMPANY, 6TH SERVICE BATTALION, 6TH MARINE DIVISION IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A QUARTERMAN SUPPLY. APRIL 1945 ARRIVED AT OKINAWA SHIMA ABOARD THE USS MENIFEE AP-202 AND DISEMBARKED AGAINST THE ENEMY FORCES OF JAPAN. RANK PRIVATE FIRST CLASS.