Brown, Lawrence Larry
Army Private 1st class

Lawrence Larry Brown, age 21, from Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, November 26, 1950
Death details: Accounted for Feb. 14, 2022. In late 1950, Brown was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces on Nov. 26, 1950, in the vicinity of Kujang, North Korea, when his unit was attacked. Following the war, returning American prisoners of war reported that Brown died at Prisoner of War Camp #5. His exact date of death could not be confirmed, and was recorded as being March 31, 1951, the last day he could have still been alive based on POW testimonies.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency