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Below is a photo of Walter Scott Brown's mother as she visits the memorial in France which honored the Americans who died while serving in Meuse Argonne Battle during World War I. If you look closely towards the middle of the names on the wall to the left you will see her sons name and it reads,
“BROWN WALTER S.– SGT. 114th INF. 29th DIVISION–OCT.12, 1918 NEW JERSEY.
At the bottom of the photo of where his mother is shown standing it has a caption which reads
“Flora (Brown) Anderson mother of Sgt. Walter Scott Brown U.S. Army *World War I.”
The caption under the photo next to her is of the Chapel memorial and it reads
“Chapel Meuse – Argonne American Cemetery Romagne *France.”

Photos obtained
February 2010

Photos obtained
February 2010

On the back of this photo there is a small map and article of the cemetery memorial which may have been given to the Post along with the photo by his mother.The Post also wrote a caption which reads
“SGT. Walter S. Brown 114th Infantry 29 th Division –Co. C World War I Tablets of the missing Meuse – Argonne American Cemetery Romagne (Meuse),
France Date of Death: October 12, 1918.”

The Cemetery article reads:

          MEUSE – ARGONNE CEMETERY is located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon (Meuse), France, which is 26 miles northwest of Verdun . It may be reached by automobile from Paris (152 miles) via toll autoroute A-4 or highway N-3, to Ste Menehould, continuing on N-3 to Clermont-en- Argonne(19 miles south of the cemetery) and continuing on via Vaennes-en-Argonne; it may also be reached from Verdun (where Hotels are available) via Consenvoye or Dun-sur-Meuse, distances of 26 or 29 miles. Rail service from Paris (Gare de!'Est) to Verdun, takes about 31/2 hours. Taxis are available from there to the cemetery.

          At this site, covering 130 ½ acres, rest the largest number of our military. Dead in Europe , a total of 14,246. Most of those buried here gave their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The immense array of headstones rises in long regular rows upward beyond a wide central pool to the chapel which crowns the ridge. A beautiful bronze screen separates the chapel foyer from the interior which is decorated with stained-glass windows portraying American unit insignia; behind the altar are the flags of the principal Allied nations.

          On either side of the chapel are memorial loggias. One panel of the west loggia contains a map of the
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Inscribed on the remaining panels of both loggias are the names of the 954 Missing whose remains were never recovered or identified, to include the Missing of our expedition to northern Russia, 1918-1919.

          Take note Walter S. Brown is listed on the Wall of those 954 names whose remains were never recovered.

Let us never forget the Soldiers sacrifice.

Written by:
Bob Meli
February 21, 2010

Walter S. Brown