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LCPL James Eric Brown

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LCPL James Eric Brown Veteran

Birth
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
Death
2 Nov 2006 (aged 20)
Al Anbar, Iraq
Burial
Owensville, Gibson County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Lance Cpl. James Brown, of Indiana who had been in Iraq about four months. He was a 2005 Gibson Southern High School graduated. James was engaged and was scheduled to come home from Iraq for his wedding in a few months. He enlisted in the Marines after graduating from high school, and was deployed to Iraq in June and had been there for four months. He was a two-time Golden Gloves champion who loved to hunt and fish, and had been a leader in the Marines just as he had been a leader with the Titans football team. James was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Owensville. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Van Antwerp. Surviving are his mother, Joanne Van Antwerp; sister, Carma Marie Dart and a brother, Dillen Andrew Friend, his fiancée, Jamie Coleman, aunts, Barbara DeLong, Mary Hess and Tammy Brown; uncles, Roger Brown and Jack Brown. He was 20.

Marines
3rd Battalion
2nd Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Lance Cpl. James Brown, of Indiana who had been in Iraq about four months. He was a 2005 Gibson Southern High School graduated. James was engaged and was scheduled to come home from Iraq for his wedding in a few months. He enlisted in the Marines after graduating from high school, and was deployed to Iraq in June and had been there for four months. He was a two-time Golden Gloves champion who loved to hunt and fish, and had been a leader in the Marines just as he had been a leader with the Titans football team. James was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Owensville. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Van Antwerp. Surviving are his mother, Joanne Van Antwerp; sister, Carma Marie Dart and a brother, Dillen Andrew Friend, his fiancée, Jamie Coleman, aunts, Barbara DeLong, Mary Hess and Tammy Brown; uncles, Roger Brown and Jack Brown. He was 20.

Marines
3rd Battalion
2nd Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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