Harold McKinley Brown

Korean War
Service #14309990
UnitL CO 31 INF 7 DIV
RankSergeant First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathDecember 31 1950
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Combat Infantryman Badge
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Sergeant First Class Brown was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Notes

Sergeant First Class Brown was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on December 12, 1950 and died while a prisoner on December 31, 1950. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Sergeant First Class Brown's remains were recovered and identified.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.