Virgil Eugene 'Jean' Brown b. 27 Jan 1923 Benton County, Missouri, USA d. 19 Dec 2003 Austin, Travis, Texas, USA: Smith Family Tree

Virgil Eugene 'Jean' Brown

1923 - 2003 (80 years)

Name	Virgil Eugene 'Jean' Brown [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Birth	27 Jan 1923	Benton County, Missouri, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Gender	Male
Military Service	1 Feb 1940 [3, 4]
	US Army - WWII; TEC 5
Military Draft Registration	1941	Fristoe, Hickory, Missouri, USA [7]
	Draft Registration - WWII
Census	1950	Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, USA [6]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Velta
Military Award	Purple Heart [5]
		Military Medal-Purple Heart The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given…
Death	19 Dec 2003	Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [2, 3, 4, 5]
Burial	Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [4, 5]
		Cemetery-FORT SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL (San Antonio TX) Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery -- San Antonio, Bexar, Texas ~ In 1890 the military post at San Antonio was re-designated Fort Sam Houston by President Benjamin Harrison. Prominent visitors to the post included Chief Geronimo, who was held there in 1886 before his exile to Florida and Theodore Roosevelt, who stopped with his men at the…
Person ID	I23733	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Charles Baker Brown, b. 4 Oct 1880, Greene County, Arkansas, USA d. 16 Apr 1958, Dexter, Stoddard, Missouri, USA (Age 77 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Pearl Gertrude Rose, b. 17 Sep 1883, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Aug 1944, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA (Age 60 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	3 Feb 1913	Senath, Dunklin, Missouri, USA [8, 9]
Family ID	F10885	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Velta Alice Johnson, b. 11 Aug 1923, Missouri, USA d. 6 Aug 1982, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 58 years)

Marriage 24 Feb 1942 Dunklin County, Missouri, USA [1, 10]

Marriage End 1963 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA

Divorce of Velta and Jean Brown

Children

1. Living

Family ID F9680 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 27 Jan 1923 - Benton County, Missouri, USA
	Marriage - 24 Feb 1942 - Dunklin County, Missouri, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Velta - 1950 - Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, USA
	Marriage End - Divorce of Velta and Jean Brown - 1963 - San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
	Death - 19 Dec 2003 - Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

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Arms Icons & Insignia		Military Insignia-USA TEC 5 The rank of Technician 5th Grade was added by War Department on January 8, 1942,[1] per Army Regulation 600-35. An update issued on September 4, 1942, added a letter "T" to the rank insignia. Those who held the rank were often addressed as corporal, though were often called a "tech corporal". Technicians possessed specialized skills that were…
Arms Icons & Insignia		Military Medal-Purple Heart The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given…

People

BROWN-Virgil E USA
Virgil Eugene Brown, US Army

Sources

[S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;).

Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 493-32-9927; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951.
[S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
[S233] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;).
[S11298] Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Fort Sam Houston), (Location: San Antonio TX;), BROWN Virgil Jean 1921-2003 (Veteran).
"TEC5 - US ARMY - WORLD WAR II - PURPLE HEART"
- Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9034552/v-brow

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Sikeston, Scott, Mis.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Sikeston, Scott, Mis

[S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 41.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 41

[S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;).

Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
[S7079] Find a Grave: ROSE Pearl Brown 1883-1944, Pearl Gertrude Rose Brown.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17971675/
[S7396] Find a Grave: JOHNSON Velta Hufford 1923-1982, Velta Alice Johnson Brown Hufford.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79994662/velta_alice_hufford

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