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Pressley Brown
First Name:
Pressley
Middle Name:
Robinson
Last Name:
Brown
Date of Birth:
11/12/1882
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Image Source: Davidson College annual
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Education Details:
Baltimore College of MedicineDavidson College in 1902-1906North Carolina Medical College, Class of 1914
Biographical Notes:
There is conflicting information as to whether he was born in 1882 or 1884. He did not graduate with the Davidson class of 1906. He practiced medicine in Graham and Jackson Springs, NC prior to the war. The newspaper lists him as the first medical officer from Mecklenburg County to die in the service. He was doing first aid work in the trenches and was killed in battle.He was buried in the Aisne-Marne Cemetery in France.His wife is listed in Ancestry.com as living at 409 W. Union St. in Morganton, NC. and wanting to participate in the 1930 pilgrimage to Europe.
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Spouse: name not known; lived in Morganton with her mother before his death
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Parents: Mrs. J. Q. Brown - Providence Rd., Mecklenburg Co., NC
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Military Details
Military Branch:
Army Enlisted: 12/1917
Military Rank:
First Lieutenant
Military Unit:
assigned to Base Hospital #66 until 3/21/1918 transferred to the 9th Infantry on 3/21/1918 transferred to the Medical Detachment of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division in 6/1918
Military Details:
arrived in Scotland on 1/1/1918; Camp Merritt, NJ 11/9 to 12/9/1917;
Awards:
First Lieutenant - 8/15/1917:
Source:
newsprint, Pilgrimage of the War Mothers, Davidson College notes; The North Carolina Medical College