March 22, 1891 — January 4, 1921
Charlie Brown was born on March 22, 1891, in Kennesaw. His parents were John Henry and Etta Brown, who are buried in the cemetery as well. According to Charlie’s gravestone, he spent seven years in the military, including twenty-seven months in Europe during World War I.
According to the April 24, 1919, Cobb County Times, Brown was one of the first 25,000 men to be sent to Europe. He was a Master Supply Sergeant in the 18th Regiment of the First Infantry Division. Brown’s division saw some of the heaviest fighting in France, and after the war his division was a part of the occupying force in Germany. Brown returned to the United States around September of 1919, and according to a later edition of the Marietta Journal, he was the most decorated soldier from Cobb County.
Brown continued to serve in the Army and was stationed at Fort Zachary Taylor outside Louisville, Kentucky. He married Monta Boyles in Indiana on April 20, 1920. Unfortunately, a few months later Charlie Brown contracted tuberculosis. He spent some time in late 1920 in a North Carolina hospital but passed away on January 4, 1921. His gravestone is inscribed with a list of the many battles he participated in during the war.
