Nathan Waldon Brown
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 947210
November 30, 1925
in Ashland, KY
Nathan Asbury Brown (d. 1925)
Mary Virginia (Queen) Brown
Stepfather, Oakley Vernon Brown
Details unknown
Great Lakes Steel Company
March 9, 1944
at Detroit, MI
September 18, 1944
from Replacement Battalion, FMF Pacific
March 8, 1945
Wounded and evacuated from Iwo Jima
March 13, 1945
Died of wounds
119 Catherine Street, River Rouge, MI – address of mother, Mrs. Mary Brown
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Tenth Recruit Battalion. In July 1944, on rolls of Fourth Replacement Draft at Camp Pendleton, CA, awaiting transit overseas.
Joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 18 September 1944.
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
March 8, 1945 – wounded in action (fatal shrapnel in neck); evacuated to Division field hospital
March 13, 1945 – died of wounds received in action. Buried in Plot 1, Row 33, Grave 1635, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (March 8, 1945)
Citation
Nathan is buried in Queen Family Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Kentucky
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