Joseph “Joe” Lee Brown was born in Whitfield, Georgia to Joseph Alexander “Joe” Brown and Nettie Evelyn “Eva” Bird. The husband of Emma Margaret Hollinger.
He Died non Battle 11 May 1944 at Fort George G. Meade, MO
Burial:
Mineral Springs Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA
Private
Company A, 8th Battalion, 2nd Replacement Regiment
The Chattanooga Daily Times, 13 March 1944
Pvt. Joe Lee Brown, 35, of Chattanooga, died Saturday at Fort Meade, Md., relatives here were notified. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Brown; daughter, Margaret Josephine Brown; four brothers, Sgt. Clinton E., Stationed in the South Pacific; Cpl. Edwin E., stationed in Italy, and Sgt. Ralph Brown, Orlando, Fla.; five sisters, Miss Jewell Brown, Mrs. Evelyn Durham, Mrs. Ruth Cannon, Mrs.. Nell Stuart and Miss Marguerite Brown, all of Chattanooga.
He was for several years a member of the St. Mark’s Methodist Church.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 29 October 1906
- Date of death: 11 March 1944
- County: Hamilton
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 2nd Replacement Regiment
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Mineral Springs Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia
- Location In Memorial: Pillar X, Top Panel
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