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SPC Larry Kenyatta Brown

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SPC Larry Kenyatta Brown Veteran

Birth
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Death
6 Apr 2003 (aged 22)
Karbala, Karbala, Iraq
Burial
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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United States Army Specialist. Killed in action in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was from Jackson Mississippi.∼Larry Brown, a soldier with the 41st Infantry Regiment out of Fort Riley, Kansas, was killed April 5, 2003, while helping liberate the Iraqi city of Karbala.


At age 22, he was the only person from Jackson, Mississippi killed since Operation Iraqi Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom began, and he is one of 14 Mississippians killed overall...∼Army Spc Brown was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Fort Riley, Kansas. Brown was killed in action. Larry was involved in track, baseball and basketball at Bailey Magnet High School in Jackson, Miss. He had a passion for basketball and a great sense of humor. He always had the right thing to say and could make a joke about anything. Larry seemed happy when he called home from Kuwait on March 12, a week before the war in Iraq began.

United States Army Specialist. Killed in action in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was from Jackson Mississippi.∼Larry Brown, a soldier with the 41st Infantry Regiment out of Fort Riley, Kansas, was killed April 5, 2003, while helping liberate the Iraqi city of Karbala.


At age 22, he was the only person from Jackson, Mississippi killed since Operation Iraqi Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom began, and he is one of 14 Mississippians killed overall...∼Army Spc Brown was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Fort Riley, Kansas. Brown was killed in action. Larry was involved in track, baseball and basketball at Bailey Magnet High School in Jackson, Miss. He had a passion for basketball and a great sense of humor. He always had the right thing to say and could make a joke about anything. Larry seemed happy when he called home from Kuwait on March 12, a week before the war in Iraq began.


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LARRY K BROWN
SPC
US ARMY
IRAQ
DEC 11 1980
APR 6 2003
BSM
PURPLE HEART


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  • Created by: Erik Lander
  • Added: Apr 8, 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7339948/larry_kenyatta-brown: accessed ), memorial page for SPC Larry Kenyatta Brown (11 Dec 1980–6 Apr 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7339948, citing Autumn Woods Memorial Gardens, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Erik Lander (contributor 503045).