Richard Anson Brown

1919 - 1957  (38 years)

• 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]
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 98 288 Roy P Brown Head Male White 1887 43 Married Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts 99 288 Effie M Brown Wife Female White 1886 44 Married Massachusetts Massachusetts New Hampshire 100 288 Earl G Brown Son Male White 1911 19 Single Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts 1 288 Virginia L Brown Daughter Female White 1913 17 Single Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts 2 288 Richard A Brown Son Male White 1919 11 Single Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts   Transcript ID is  dbid=6224&iid=4607666_00195
  Graduation	23 Jun 1938	Townsend High School, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  Military Service	From 4 Mar 1941 to 27 Sep 1945  [3]
  World War II, he served as a Private First Class with Americal Division
  	Brown, Richard - World War II military Service ribbons The rack of Richard Brown's World War II military service ribbons was created using the Ultimate Rack
  Military Service	From 23 Jan 1942 to 11 Apr 1944	Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
  World War II served 26 months in the South Pacific theatre. Medic at Guadalcanal and Fiji Islands
  	Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 - February 1943 (External Link) In the six months between August 1942 and February 1943, the United States and its Pacific Allies fought a brutally hard air-sea-land campaign against the Japanese for possession of the previously-obscure island of Guadalcanal.
  	Guadalcanal 7 August 1942-21 February 1943 Uncle Dick served on Guadalcanal and Fiji. Was he with the 182nd Infantry, the Americal Division?
  Military Service	1943/1945	Fiji Islands
  World War II served 26 months in the South Pacific theatre. Medic at Guadalcanal and 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
  1. Living   2. Living   3. Living 4. Richard Anson Brown ,   b. 13 Jan 1919, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1 Aug 1957, Leominster Hospital, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 38 years) ▻ Lydia Lena Nadeau ,  m. 1 Dec 1945
  Ancestors
  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]
  	Richard Brown and Lydia Nadeau Wedding Announcement Wedding announcement extracted from the Fitchburg Sentinel on Monday 3 Dec 1945 as provided by Ancestry.com. Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, Massachusetts). [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Jan 1919 - Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1920 - Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1930 - Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Graduation - 23 Jun 1938 - Townsend High School, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Military Service - World War II served 26 months in the South Pacific theatre. Medic at Guadalcanal and Fiji Islands - From 23 Jan 1942 to 11 Apr 1944 - Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Military Service - World War II served 26 months in the South Pacific theatre. Medic at Guadalcanal and Fiji Islands - 1943/1945 - Fiji Islands Married - 1 Dec 1945 - Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Died - 1 Aug 1957 - Leominster Hospital, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Buried - - Hillside Cemetery, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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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.].