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��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��SECOND LIEUTENANT HENRY J. BROWN

Company K, 1 1 8th Infantry, Thirtieth Division. Killed in action at St. Quentin, France, on October II, 1918.

��2nd Lt. HENRY J. BROWN

��Lieutenant Brown was born in Detroit, Mich., on January 7, I 888. After a pub- lic school education he entered the Uni- versity of Michigan, graduating in 1910. He then entered the real estate business as a salesman, which work he continued until his admittance to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he v^as assigned to the Seventh Company. Re- ceiving his commission, Lieutenant Brown was ordered overseas, sailing on January 3, I 9 I 8, as a casual. Arriving in France, he was given further instruction at British schools and the American Infantry Spe- cialists' School at Langres, and then as- signed to the Seventy-seventh Division, later being transferred to the 1 1 8th In- fantry of the Thirtieth Division, with vsrhich regiment he met instant death while leading his platoon in the advance at St. Quentin. He was cited for gallantry in action. Lieutenant Brown was unmarried. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, 2535 West Grand boulevard, Detroit, Mich., and a sister. Miss Edith M. Rose, of the same city.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT LOUIS DICKINSON BROWN

Field Artillery, unattached. Died in Washington, D. C, on January 14, 1919, from injuries received in France.

��Lieutenant Brown was born in Dickin- son, N. D., on January II, 1890. After a public school education he entered the University of Michigan, graduating in 1913. He then entered the employ of the American Steel Corporation as a chemist. He applied for and was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 111., where he was assigned to the Sixth Battery. Upon receipt of his commission he v^as ordered overseas, sail- ing on December 23, 1917. After a period of instruction in France, Lieutenant Brown was appointed an instructor in an A. E. F. school. Due to an accident caused by a fall. Lieutenant Brown was forced to undergo an operation. As his condition showed no improvement, he was ordered back to the States and sent to the Walter Reid Hospital at Washington, D. C, where he finally died after a four months' illness. He was unmarried. Lieu- tenant Brown is survived by his parents, Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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��2nd Lt. LOUIS D. BROWN

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