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New VFW Post Honors Two Belleville Negroes Vet Organization Names Post (Nov. 7, 1945) -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars commemorated the Brown-Marshall VFW Post at 82 Broad Street, Bloomfield in honor of John Marshall and Alvin Brown. John Marshall was killed in action in Italy while serving with the 371st Infantry of the 92nd Division in July 1944. Alvin Brown was killed in action while serving with the same outfit in April 1945. He had previously served six years in the National Guard before entering the Army.
370th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division. He entered the service from New Jersey, and died on April 6, 1945. Brown is buried at Plot B, Row 3, Grave 13, in the Florence American Cemetery, Via Cassia, Florence, Italy . He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources:
The Belleville Times, Nov. 7, 1945 National World War II Memorial
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