Charles Guy Brown

Charles Guy Brown was born in Baltimore, Maryland July 28, 1921. He enlisted in the Army on July 14, 1942, earning the rank of Sergeant. During World War II he was assigned to a Mortar Squad of a Heavy Weapons Unit in Company H, 319th Infantry, 80th Infantry Division. In 1944 his regiment sailed to England on the Queen Mary, crossed the English Channel on a Navy LST and on August 6, 1944 landed at Utah Beach in Normandy. This unit was now assigned to the European Theater of Operations, General George Patton's Third Army where he served in combat in France. Guy was a 1-2-3 man which meant he was one of three who carried the firing tube, by-pod and base plate to set up the mortar. On October 9, 1944 Guy was severely wounded in action when he was struck by enemy shell fragments near the town of Jeandelincourt, near Metz, France and lost his left leg. This was a large engagement with the Germans that lasted through October 20th in which "H" Company suffered 7 killed and 17 wounded. Guy was the recipient of the Purple Heart Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the World War II Victory Medal, the Honorable Service Lapel Button WW II and the Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar.