WWII

Emerson Williams Browne, Sr.

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
June 12 1922

Date of Death
May 31 2002

Branch
USAAC

Active Duty Service
August 16 1943 - February 22 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

No Overseas Service

Significant Duty Stations

Enlisted; Dale Marby Field, Florida.
Discharged; Fort McPherson, Georgia.

Decorations & Citations

Sharpshooter (carbine); Marksman (pistol); American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal

Notes

US Army service number 14-106-647. Born; Cairo, Georgia. Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1941. Home of record; 500 3rd St. SE, Cairo, Georgia. Brother of Corporal Russell Alexander Browne US Army. Built Bainbridge Radio Station WMGR. Owned restaurants in Bainbridge & Attapulgus, Decatur County, Georgia, Havana, Quincy and Tallahassee, Florida. Burial; Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.