Turnace Hartwell Brown

Korean War
Service #O-1185863
UnitHQ BTRY 57 FA BN 7 DIV
RankCaptain U.S. Army
Date of DeathJanuary 31 1951
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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HQ BTRY 57 FA BN 7 DIV
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Captain Brown was awarded the Purple Heart, 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

Captain Brown was a member of Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Hagary, North Korea on December 6, 1950 and died while a prisoner on January 31, 1951. . His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. CAP 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.