Colonel George A. Brown
About GEORGE
US Army (Retired)
Colonel Brown was born in 1932 in Champaign, IL, and he attended the University of Illinois on a football scholarship, where he subsequently joined ROTC and became the Commandant of over 2,000 Pershing Rifles members.
While there, he met and married his wife and sweetheart, Marlyn (Ebert) Brown. Upon graduation, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. The "Colonel" had a long and distinguished thirty-year active-duty career in the U.S. Army, serving two combat tours in the Vietnam War. He was a Master Army Aviator and a command pilot of the twin-engine Caribou aircraft and the UH-1 helicopter, two of the many aircraft he was qualified to fly. His many contributions to the armed services also included Commander, 42nd Transportation Battalion, Ft. Meade, MD, and Brigade Commander of the 37th Transportation Group, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
After enjoying 30 years of travel and military life together, he and his wife retired in Chandler, AZ., where he served in several volunteer positions including six years on the City of Chandler Airport Commission (including as president) during important airport expansion years, several years as the president of the Andersen Springs Community Association and as a member of the Chandler Rotary Club. God and Country were his guideposts, with his life's passions being his family, flying, woodworking, and storytelling! He was known for his wisdom, strength, generosity, and love. He passed away on September 20, 2014, in his home in Chandler, AZ.
Flag Location
Flag
Column 5, Row S
Sponsor
The Brown Family
Location
Honor Field A
