WWII · Battle Death Record
Allen Brown
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army · New York
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Allen Brown
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- May 29, 1944
- Awards
- Bronze Star, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with Palm
- Burial / Memorial
- Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Italy
- Grave
- Plot H, Row 4, Grave 1
Their story
Allen Tupper Brown, stepson of U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, commanded a light tank detachment of the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division during the Allied drive from the Anzio beachhead toward Rome. On May 29, 1944, while leading his platoon in an attack near Campoleone/Velletri, Italy, he stood up in his tank turret to observe the front and was killed by a German sniper. He remains buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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