He was the son of Clifton Stevenson Brown and Katherine Tupper Brown Marshall.
On Saturday, June 22, 1940, he married Margaret Goodman Shedden, daughter of John Shepard Shedden, at St. Mark's Church at Mount Kisco, New York.
They were the parents of one child.
Second Lieut. Allen Tupper Brown attended the Gilman School in Baltimore and the Woodberry Forest School at Orange, Virginia and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. From 1936 to 1940 he was an employee of the New York Times promotion department. From 1940 to 1942 he was in advertising at Station WGNY in Newburgh, New York in the former Courier building on Cannon Street. In 1942 he participated in the Congressional campaign to unseat Representative Fish. He worked with the Independent Committee for the 26th Congressional District, a non-partisan Anti-Fish organization. Fish was re-elected by his narrowest margin in 22 years. He enlisted in the United States Army on November 17, 1942. Assigned to the armored tank forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he entered Officers' School. He was commissioned a lieutenant on June 9, 1943 and was sent overseas. He and his family resided near New Hackensack until his enlistment. His wife and child lived with Mrs. Charles Butts on Yates Boulevard until they moved to New York City about one year ago. His wife was a graduate of Vassar College and the former director of the social museum at the college. When she moved to New York City, she became a researcher for Life Magazine He died at age 27 on Monday morning, May 29, 1944 while forces from the Anzio Beachhead were driving toward Rome near Campoleon in Italy. He was with the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division and the commander of a light tank detachment attacking with the American infantry against the German line. He was standing up in the turret of his tank which was a necessary procedure for armored commandeered in rolling, tree covered terrain when a sniper threw a hand grenade fatally wounding him. His awards included the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Survivors included his widow, Margaret Shedden Brown formerly of Chappaqua, a two-and-a-half-year-old son, Allen T. Brown Jr., one brother, one sister, his mother and his stepfather, General George Marshall, Army Chief of Staff. His mother married the general in 1930.
Sources: Poughkeepsie New Yorker, Wednesday, May 31, 1944; Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Wednesday, May 31, 1944 and Miami Daily News Record, Miami, Oklahoma, Friday, June 2, 1944.
On Saturday, June 22, 1940, he married Margaret Goodman Shedden, daughter of John Shepard Shedden, at St. Mark's Church at Mount Kisco, New York.
They were the parents of one child.
Second Lieut. Allen Tupper Brown attended the Gilman School in Baltimore and the Woodberry Forest School at Orange, Virginia and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. From 1936 to 1940 he was an employee of the New York Times promotion department. From 1940 to 1942 he was in advertising at Station WGNY in Newburgh, New York in the former Courier building on Cannon Street. In 1942 he participated in the Congressional campaign to unseat Representative Fish. He worked with the Independent Committee for the 26th Congressional District, a non-partisan Anti-Fish organization. Fish was re-elected by his narrowest margin in 22 years. He enlisted in the United States Army on November 17, 1942. Assigned to the armored tank forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he entered Officers' School. He was commissioned a lieutenant on June 9, 1943 and was sent overseas. He and his family resided near New Hackensack until his enlistment. His wife and child lived with Mrs. Charles Butts on Yates Boulevard until they moved to New York City about one year ago. His wife was a graduate of Vassar College and the former director of the social museum at the college. When she moved to New York City, she became a researcher for Life Magazine He died at age 27 on Monday morning, May 29, 1944 while forces from the Anzio Beachhead were driving toward Rome near Campoleon in Italy. He was with the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division and the commander of a light tank detachment attacking with the American infantry against the German line. He was standing up in the turret of his tank which was a necessary procedure for armored commandeered in rolling, tree covered terrain when a sniper threw a hand grenade fatally wounding him. His awards included the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Survivors included his widow, Margaret Shedden Brown formerly of Chappaqua, a two-and-a-half-year-old son, Allen T. Brown Jr., one brother, one sister, his mother and his stepfather, General George Marshall, Army Chief of Staff. His mother married the general in 1930.
Sources: Poughkeepsie New Yorker, Wednesday, May 31, 1944; Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Wednesday, May 31, 1944 and Miami Daily News Record, Miami, Oklahoma, Friday, June 2, 1944.
He was the son of Clifton Stevenson Brown and Katherine Tupper Brown Marshall.
On Saturday, June 22, 1940, he married Margaret Goodman Shedden, daughter of John Shepard Shedden, at St. Mark's Church at Mount Kisco, New York.
They were the parents of one child.
Second Lieut. Allen Tupper Brown attended the Gilman School in Baltimore and the Woodberry Forest School at Orange, Virginia and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. From 1936 to 1940 he was an employee of the New York Times promotion department. From 1940 to 1942 he was in advertising at Station WGNY in Newburgh, New York in the former Courier building on Cannon Street. In 1942 he participated in the Congressional campaign to unseat Representative Fish. He worked with the Independent Committee for the 26th Congressional District, a non-partisan Anti-Fish organization. Fish was re-elected by his narrowest margin in 22 years. He enlisted in the United States Army on November 17, 1942. Assigned to the armored tank forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he entered Officers' School. He was commissioned a lieutenant on June 9, 1943 and was sent overseas. He and his family resided near New Hackensack until his enlistment. His wife and child lived with Mrs. Charles Butts on Yates Boulevard until they moved to New York City about one year ago. His wife was a graduate of Vassar College and the former director of the social museum at the college. When she moved to New York City, she became a researcher for Life Magazine He died at age 27 on Monday morning, May 29, 1944 while forces from the Anzio Beachhead were driving toward Rome near Campoleon in Italy. He was with the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division and the commander of a light tank detachment attacking with the American infantry against the German line. He was standing up in the turret of his tank which was a necessary procedure for armored commandeered in rolling, tree covered terrain when a sniper threw a hand grenade fatally wounding him. His awards included the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Survivors included his widow, Margaret Shedden Brown formerly of Chappaqua, a two-and-a-half-year-old son, Allen T. Brown Jr., one brother, one sister, his mother and his stepfather, General George Marshall, Army Chief of Staff. His mother married the general in 1930.
Sources: Poughkeepsie New Yorker, Wednesday, May 31, 1944; Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Wednesday, May 31, 1944 and Miami Daily News Record, Miami, Oklahoma, Friday, June 2, 1944.
On Saturday, June 22, 1940, he married Margaret Goodman Shedden, daughter of John Shepard Shedden, at St. Mark's Church at Mount Kisco, New York.
They were the parents of one child.
Second Lieut. Allen Tupper Brown attended the Gilman School in Baltimore and the Woodberry Forest School at Orange, Virginia and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. From 1936 to 1940 he was an employee of the New York Times promotion department. From 1940 to 1942 he was in advertising at Station WGNY in Newburgh, New York in the former Courier building on Cannon Street. In 1942 he participated in the Congressional campaign to unseat Representative Fish. He worked with the Independent Committee for the 26th Congressional District, a non-partisan Anti-Fish organization. Fish was re-elected by his narrowest margin in 22 years. He enlisted in the United States Army on November 17, 1942. Assigned to the armored tank forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he entered Officers' School. He was commissioned a lieutenant on June 9, 1943 and was sent overseas. He and his family resided near New Hackensack until his enlistment. His wife and child lived with Mrs. Charles Butts on Yates Boulevard until they moved to New York City about one year ago. His wife was a graduate of Vassar College and the former director of the social museum at the college. When she moved to New York City, she became a researcher for Life Magazine He died at age 27 on Monday morning, May 29, 1944 while forces from the Anzio Beachhead were driving toward Rome near Campoleon in Italy. He was with the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division and the commander of a light tank detachment attacking with the American infantry against the German line. He was standing up in the turret of his tank which was a necessary procedure for armored commandeered in rolling, tree covered terrain when a sniper threw a hand grenade fatally wounding him. His awards included the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Survivors included his widow, Margaret Shedden Brown formerly of Chappaqua, a two-and-a-half-year-old son, Allen T. Brown Jr., one brother, one sister, his mother and his stepfather, General George Marshall, Army Chief of Staff. His mother married the general in 1930.
Sources: Poughkeepsie New Yorker, Wednesday, May 31, 1944; Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Wednesday, May 31, 1944 and Miami Daily News Record, Miami, Oklahoma, Friday, June 2, 1944.
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