Brown, Darwin H.
Marines Reserves Private

Darwin H. Brown, age 19, from Bernardston, Massachusetts, Franklin county.

Parents: Beatrice B. Nelson

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, November 21, 1943
Death details: On November 6, 2001, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Private 1st Class Darwin H. Brown, missing from World War II. Brown entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Massachusetts and served with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. On November 20, 1943, he was killed during the amphibious assault on Betio Island, as part of the Battle of Tarawa. He was buried on Betio, but his remains were not recovered in the immediate aftermath of the war. In 1999, a construction crew operating on Betio located human remains and military equipment. These remains were taken to CILHI, and Brown was later identified from among them.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency