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Ralph W. D. Brown

Major, Army Air Forces

Major Ralph W. D. Brown

Methodist Chaplain
Service #O-020862

POW Records:

MAJ Ralph Brown entered the Army Air Corps from Gooding, Idaho,
and his loss is recorded in the
Idaho World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 5, Gooding County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of the Japanese File, 2007 Update, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - Note 1

NAME

BROWN RALPH W. D.

RANK

Major

SERVICE NUMBER

O-020862

ARM OR SERVICE

Chaplains

SOURCE 1

BROTHERS OF PAUL by The Rev. Dr. Richard S. Roper

SOURCE 2

Jim Erickson's Oryoku Maru Roster

SOURCE 3

(No Data Entered)

SUBORDINATE UNIT

Senior Chaplain

ASSIGNED UNIT

Far East Air Force

PARENT UNIT

(No Data Entered)

POW CAMPS NOTES

O'Donnell-Cabanatuan-Bilibid-Oryoku/Enoura/Brazil Maru-Died at Moji on 01/31/45

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 - Note 1

SERIAL NUMBER

O-020862

NAME

BROWN RALPH W. D.

GRADE, ALPHA

Major

SERVICE CODE

ARMY

ARM OR SERVICE

Chaplains

DATE REPORT

5/7/1942

RACE

WHITE

STATE OF RESIDENCE

Idaho

TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

(No Data Entered)

PARENT UNIT NUMBER

(No Data Entered)

PARENT UNIT TYPE

(No Data Entered)

AREA

Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands

LATEST REPORT DATE

1/31/1945

SOURCE OF REPORT

Sources considered official.

STATUS

Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases

DETAINING POWER

JAPAN

CAMP

Fukuoka POW Camp #1 - Kashii (Pine Tree Camp) Kyushu Island 33-130

REP

(No Data Entered)

POW TRANSPORT SHIPS

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - Note 1

NO RECORDS FOUND

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