Name: Army Pfc. Oliver J. Brown Age: 19 From: Athens, Pa. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, New Milford, Pa. Incident: Army Pfc. Oliver J. Brown was killed Sept. 28 when his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire in Ramadi, Iraq. Also Died:
September
28, 2005
Soldier’s death splits ‘brothers’ apart
Associated Press
From kindergarten on, Oliver J. Brown and Brandon Johnson were more like brothers than friends.
They played Little League together, graduated from the same high school in 2004, biked and hunted together, and enlisted together. They planned to be each other’s best man.
Brown, 19, of Carbondale, Pa., was killed Sept. 28 in Ramadi when his vehicle came under attack. He was assigned to New Milford.
The news stunned Johnson. “Physically he is OK,” said Lisa Johnson, Brandon’s mother. “Emotionally he is a wreck. ‘I lost my best friend. I lost my brother,’ he told me.”
Brandon’s father, Robert Johnson, remembers when the two signed up for the National Guard.
“Oliver joined and Brandon said, ‘I want to go with you.’ They joined together because they didn’t want to be alone. They even asked the recruiter to make...
Prayers & Condolences For: Oliver J. Brown BY justmixed on Nov 04, 2005
Though I did not have the privilege to know you, I am one of the nameless thousands who mourn each soul who does not return home, and prays daily for the comfort of those who grieve.
Rest well Oliver, you are not forgotten.
Prayers & Condolences For: Oliver J. Brown BY Anonymous on Oct 30, 2005
Brother I miss you. Every day. Every minute. My hero. "it's a brother-sister thing" Love, Amy