NEWS of the MERRILL SERVICE MEN
From Merrill Service Men's News
Wayne L. Brown, Pfc., was hospitalized and is now on his way home to recuperate. It is reported that he was wounded in recent fighting. Wayne could have been deferred to continue farming but chose to have a sale and enlist in the Marines. He went overseas just a year ago to complete his training as a driver of an amphibious tractor or “alligator” which carries supplies on water, land or swamps. He was in the Bougainville invasion from the first but was unharmed. When his Christmas news sheet reached him on December 26th he wrote, “from where I am sitting I can see the place where disaster struck the vessel in which William Rosenow lost his life.” That was written after they had left Bougainville for a rest camp. Where or how Wayne was disabled is not yet known. His mother is with Merle at Danbury, Iowa.
Source: The LeMars Sentinel, Friday, April 14, 1944
NEWS OF THE BOYS IN THE SERVICE.
Pfc. Wayne L. Brown returned to his base at Mare Island, California, after spending an 18-day leave with his wife at the Gus Herbst home and with relatives at Mapleton.
Source: LeMars Sentinel, May 4, 1945
***Further Research:
Wayne Louis Brown was born Sept. 23, 1917 to Matt A. and Nellie C. Manson Brown. He died Dec. 16, 2014 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Merrill, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
