Joe William Browning
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 476405
January 22, 1921
in Chattanooga, TN
Joe H. Browning
Elma (Cooper) Browning
Details unknown
Quartermaster Motor Maintenance
Camp Blanding
September 30, 1942
at Jacksonville, FL
November 29, 1942
from Casual Company, New River
July 24, 1944
Killed in action at Tinian
July 24, 1944
Killed in action
Rural Route 6, Chattanooga, TN – home of wife, Mrs. Geraldine Dorothy (Julian) Browning; children Cynthia and Joe Junior.
Service & Campaigns
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad Leader
Important Events:
February 1, 1944 – wounded in action (gunshot, right shoulder) and evacuated
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad Leader)
Important Events:
June 23, 1944 – sick (diagnosis unknown), evacuated to field hospital
June 26, 1944 – returned to duty
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad Leader)
Important Events:
July 24, 1944 – killed in action during landing operations on Tinian
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
– with Gold Star
Campaign
Namur (Feb. 1, 1944)
Tinian (July 24, 1944)
Citation
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