Brothers, Herman Lynn
Army Master Sergeant

Herman Lynn Brothers from Ashley, Illinois, White county.

Parents: Lewis Brothers

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Master Sergeant Herman Lynn Brothers, who joined the U.S. Army from Connecticut, was a member of Company B of the 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion. In late October of 1950, MSG Brothers was with the rest of Company B in the Unsan area to support ROK forces in the region. After midnight on November 1, U.S. forces in the Unsan area were ordered to withdraw to avoid being surrounded by the enemy. However, Company B was unable to withdraw due to the strong enemy presence, and MSG Brothers was killed during the subsequent fighting. His remains were not recovered, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Master Sergeant Brothers is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Mount Vernon Register News (1950)