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From YouTube: Lawrence Brown - August 12, 2022
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Lawrence Brown - August 12, 2022
Ascension Parish Government
Produced by Ascension 21
Government Access
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Long
journey,
indeed
for
Corporal
Lawrence
Brown
from
Ascension
Parish,
who
at
19
enlisted
to
serve
our
country
during
the
Korean
War,
he
was
captured
in
North
Korea
in
1950.
He
died
while
a
prisoner
of
war
in
March
of
1951.
in
1954.
His
unidentified
remains,
along
with
those
of
other
unknown
soldiers
who
died
while
being
held
captive,
were
sent
to
Hawaii
for
burial
fast
forward,
70
or
so
years.
It
was
a
DNA
match
from
Odessa
Williams
Johnson,
a
first
cousin
and
closest
living
relative
of
Corporal
Brown,
which
confirmed
his
identity.