
Richard Anson Brown

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Name Richard Anson Brown Relationship with Marie Therese Nadeau Born 13 Jan 1919 Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [1]
Gender Male Census 1920 Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Census
1930 Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [2]
Graduation 23 Jun 1938 Townsend High School, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Military Service
From 4 Mar 1941 to 27 Sep 1945 [3] Military Service
From 23 Jan 1942 to 11 Apr 1944 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Military Service
1943/1945 Fiji Islands Died 1 Aug 1957 Leominster Hospital, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA [4]
Buried Hillside Cemetery, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [5]
Siblings
3 Siblings Patriarch & Matriarch Roy Proctor Brown, b. 1 Nov 1886, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA(Father)
Esmeralda Adams, b. Canada(Grandmother)
Notes - !VETERAN: Dick is a veteran of World War II serving as a medic in Guadacanal and the Fiji Islands. Army Serial # 31 005 573 he enlisted in Worcester, Massachusetts and served from 4 Mar 1941 to 27 Sep 1945, including overseas service from 23 Jan 1942 to 11 Apr 1944. He served as a PFC with the Americal Division at Guadalcanal and the Fiji Islands. His last assignment was at the Lovell General Hospital, Detachment Medical Department.
~DEATH: Uncle Dick died as the result of a car accident in Nashua, NH.
Person ID I87 Antoine_Roy Last Modified 15 Aug 2017
Father Roy Proctor Brown, b. 1 Nov 1886, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Mother Effie May Sherwin, b. 16 Feb 1885, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
, d. 4 Jul 1923, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 38 years)
Married 25 Jan 1905 Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [6, 7, 8]
Family ID F85 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife Lydia Lena Nadeau, b. 20 Oct 1920, Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
, d. 9 Jun 1989, Winterville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
(Age 68 years)
Married
1 Dec 1945 Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [9]
Family ID F32 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- !VETERAN: Dick is a veteran of World War II serving as a medic in Guadacanal and the Fiji Islands. Army Serial # 31 005 573 he enlisted in Worcester, Massachusetts and served from 4 Mar 1941 to 27 Sep 1945, including overseas service from 23 Jan 1942 to 11 Apr 1944. He served as a PFC with the Americal Division at Guadalcanal and the Fiji Islands. His last assignment was at the Lovell General Hospital, Detachment Medical Department.
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WWII Enlistments Brown, Richard A - World War II enlistment
Richard A Brown's World War II enlistment in National Archives
Sources - [S243] 1920 U.S. Census, Massachusetts. Townsend, line 78, dwelling 23, family 25,
[Image Source: Year: 1920; Census Place: Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_716; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 472; Image: 235]. - [S472] 1930 U.S. Census, Massachusetts. NARA Pub T626 > Roll 930 > Page 12A > Middlesex > Townsend > FHL #2340665.
- [S6] Obituary. Leominster 1 Aug 1957.
- [S8] SSDI (Family Search). [shows birth as 13 Jan 1919 and death as Aug 1957].
- [S10] Personal information. [Burial location from memorial contract from Leominster Granite & Marble Works dated 29 Aug, 1957].
- [S369] 1910 U.S. Census, Massachusetts. Townsend, Middlesex; Series: T624; Roll: 606; Page: 77A; E D 1030; Part: 1; Line: 13,
[indicates they were married 5 years.]. - [S517] Massachussetts Marriage Records 1840-1915. up through 1910 > 1905 > image 1133,
[shows father's name as blank and mother's name as Effie Brown.]. - [S296] Massachusetts Archives (V. Vol. 555, page 725,
[shows her parents as Geo. A. Sherwin and Esmerelda Adams]. - [S122] Newspaper Article. [scan of Newspaper announcement found in Ancestry.com saved in genealogy/documents/scans as Brown_Nadeau_wedding_Fitchburg_Sentential.jpg. Virginia L. Brown and Earle G. Brown, sister and brother of the bridegroom were witnesses.].