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FORT KNOX, Ky. – The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Bruce H. Brown, a Soldier killed during World War II, will be interred Oct. 25 at Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas. Heights Funeral Home and Cremations will perform graveside services preceding the interment.
A native of Richmond, California, Brown was assigned to the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy), Eighth Air Force. He was killed in action Dec. 20, 1942, at age 23, when the B-17F “Flying Fortress” he was co-piloting crashed after being hit by anti-aircraft fire during a bombing raid on a German aircraft factory at Romilly-sur-Seine, France.
Brown was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Sept. 22, 2023, after his remains were exhumed in March 2019 from Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, for laboratory analysis and identification.
The Past Conflict Repatriations Branch, under the Army Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations Division at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, plays a key role in the process of locating Family members of missing Soldiers from WWII, the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
The process begins with locating the Family member most closely related to the missing Soldier, known as the primary next of kin, followed by a request for Family reference samples or DNA, which are used as a main source in identifying remains.
Once a Soldier has been identified by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, the PCRB notifies and briefs the Family about the results of historical, forensic and DNA reports, benefits and the mortuary process, including burial with full military honors.
For additional information about 1st Lt. Brown go to: https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3792515/pilot-accounted-for-from-wwii-brown-b/
Media interested in covering and/or obtaining more information about the funeral and interment should contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490 and/or Heights Funeral Home and Cremations, 713-862-8844.
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| Date Taken: | 10.16.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 10.16.2024 14:27 |
| Story ID: | 483248 |
| Location: | FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, US |
| Hometown: | HOUSTON, TEXAS, US |
| Hometown: | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US |
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