Harold Charles Brown

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  • Name: Harold Charles Brown
  • Location of Birth: Cohasset, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: July 31, 1913
  • Date of Death: October 19, 1971 (58 years old)
  • Parents: Charles and Helen Brown
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  • Highest Rank: MM2 (Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer
  • Branch: Navy
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    Information in the United States, World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
    Name: Harold Charles Brown
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Age: 27
    Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
    Birth Date: July 31, 1913
    Birth Place: Cohasset, Minnesota, USA
    Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
    Registration Date: October 16, 1940
    Registration Place: Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
    Employer: Blandin Paper Company
    Height: 5' 9"
    Weight: 147
    Complexion: Light Brown
    Hair Color: Brown
    Eye Color: Blue
    Next of Kin: Alzada Maxine Brown (wife)

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    World War II

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  • Civilian Life:
    Mr. Brown was a member of Canisteo Lodge 276 of Coleraine, Minnesota and was a 37-year retired employee of Blandin Paper Company, Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

    Surviving relatives include his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Mrs. Asa Spicer and Mrs. Keith McCartney; a sister, Mrs. Gerhart Monson; a brother, Lawrence Brown; and five grandchildren.

    Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-G-05-0-8)

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