U.S. Army SPC
Micheal D. Brown, 20, Williamsburg, died
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at Landhstul,
Germany. Services were held at the
Ottawa University Chapel.
He was born
June 23, 1987, in Emporia to William D.
and Donna (Smith) Brown-Hollon.
He grew up in
Emporia. He also lived in Little Rock,
Ark. He moved to Williamsburg in 1997.
He graduated
from Williamsburg High School in 2005.
He enlisted in
the U.S. Army in November 2004 in the
Delayed Entry Program. He attended basic
training at Fort Jackson February 2005
and advanced individual training at Fort
Rucker, Ala. He is a graduate of the 15P
course and combat lifesaver course. He
was a TOC NCOIC as a PFC while attached
to the 82nd Medical Company with which
he was deployed for OIF III. He
redeployed with the 82nd Med in November
2006. Upon redeployment he was assigned
to HHC, 1-1 ARB and was currently
deployed with them in support of OIF
07-09. He was attached to TF Odin, an
unmanned aerial vehicle unit. He served
with Operation Iraqi Freedom III from
November 2005 to November 2006 and
Operation Iraqi Freedom IX from
September 2007 to Oct. 16, 2007. His
awards and decorations include: Army
Achievement Medal, National Defense
Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal,
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,
Global War on Terror Expeditionary
Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas
Service Ribbon, Wheeled Vehicle Drivers
Badge, Aviation Crewman Badge and Rifle
Sharpshooter Qualification Badge. He was
awarded the Good Conduct Medal, Bronze
Star Medal and Army Commendation Medal
posthumously.
He was a member
of the Ottawa Community Church.
Survivors
include his mother, Donna Hollon, and
her husband, Steve, Williamsburg; a
sister, Edna Brown, and her fiancé, Tim
Hill, Williamsburg; a brother,
Christopher Lynn Brown, Williamsburg;
grandparents, Beulah Smith,
Williamsburg, and Les and Edna Klieder,
Cave City, Ark.; stepgrandmother,
Dorothy Hollon, Williamsburg; a nephew,
Jaden Hill, Williamsburg; and a
girlfriend, Megan Branch, Bessemer City,
N.C.
He was preceded
in death by his father; a grandfather,
William G. Smith, uncles, Roy Brown and
Lonnie Smith; and a great-grandmother
Walker.
Burial was at
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Centropolis.
Memorial
contributions may be sent to the Ottawa
Community Church in care of Dengel & Son
Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory St., Ottawa KS
66067. Condolences may be e-mailed to
the family at dengelmortuary@sbcglobal.net.