PVT Roy Brown Jr.
U.S. Army WW ll
K.I.A.
Van Meter / Des Moines / Runnells, IA
August 21st, 28th-29th, 2020
The family of PVT. Roy Brown Jr. has asked the Patriot Guard to show honor and respect for Roy.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pvt. Roy Brown, Jr., 22, of Des Moines, Iowa, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 13, 2019.
On Dec. 2, 1942, Brown was a member of Company I, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, when his unit was forced into intense engagement with Japanese forces in the vicinity of Soputa-Sanananda Track in the Australian Territory of Papua (present-day Papua New Guinea). Brown was reported missing and presumed dead when he could not be accounted for by his unit.
On Feb. 2, 1943, the remains of an unidentified American Soldier were interred at the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Sanananda #2. On April 6, 1943, the remains, designated Unknown X-72 were reinterred at Temporary Cemetery #1 at Soputa, then moved them to U.S. Armed Forces Finschhafen #2, where they were redesignated X-1086.
In 1947, the American Graves Registration service exhumed approximately 11,000 graves, including X-1086, and sent the remains to the Central Identification Point at the Manila Mausoleum in the Philippines. X-1086 could not be identified and were interred at Fort McKinley (now the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial).
In May 2017, Unknown X-1086 was disinterred, and the remains were sent to the DPAA laboratory in Offutt, Nebraska, for analysis.
His family never got closure on the 22-year-old’s death, until just last year. The Army was finally able to identify his remains.
This will be a 3 part Mission.
Part 1: Escort
Rally Time: 10:30 AM
Friday August 21, 2020
K.S.U. 11:15 AM
Rally point: American Legion Post #403
910 Main St.
Van Meter, Iowa 50261
https://goo.gl/maps/9D1dZqx7MKLUiRuZ8
Escort to: Hamilton’s Funeral Home
605 Lyon St.
Des Moines, IA 50309
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Ride Captain: Bob Lohrman
rclohrmanjr@gmail.com
515-491-0817
Part 2: Visitation
Rally Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Friday August 28, 2020
Since this is a long visitation, we need two volunteers to sign-up for 1 hour shifts, starting at 9:00 AM and ending at 3:00 PM We will have one American Flag and The Army Flag. All other American flags will be posted on stakes. We will need 12 people to make this happen. Please go to ( iowapgr.org ) go to the Calendar, and click on Roy Brown Jr’s sign-up sheet, and enter your names.
Rally point: Hamilton’s Funeral Home
605 Lyon St.
Des Moines, IA 50309
https://goo.gl/maps/9f8XvtDQJaTWrg6e8
Ride Captain: Bob Lohrman
rclohrmanjr@gmail.com
515-491-0817
Part 3: Service
Rally Time: 9:15 AM
Saturday August 29, 2020
Briefing: 9:45 AM
Flag Line: 10:00 – 11:00 AM.
Rally point: Hamilton’s Funeral Home
605 Lyon St.
Des Moines, IA 50309
https://goo.gl/maps/9f8XvtDQJaTWrg6e8
Burial:
Escort: Approx. time 12:00 Noon
Lowman Cemetery
Runnells, Iowa
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Ride Captain: Bob Lohrman
rclohrmanjr@gmail.com
515-491-0817
Asst. Ride Captain: Rich Shipley
richardcshipley@yahoo.com
817-253-1018