Army Sgt. Andrew W. Brown

Died October 8, 2004 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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22, of Pleasant Mount, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry, Fort Polk, La.; died Oct. 8 in Baghdad of injuries sustained Oct. 1 when his patrol vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device.

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Wayne County native killed in Iraq

Associated Press

PLEASANT MOUNT, Pa. — An active-duty soldier from northeast Pennsylvania died Friday in Iraq, a week after he was injured when his patrol vehicle was struck by an explosive device, the Defense Department said.

Sgt. Andrew W. Brown, 22, of Pleasant Mount in Wayne County, had been in Iraq since June, his mother, Lourdes Brown, said Sunday night.

Brown, who died in Baghdad, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, based at Fort Polk, La., according to a Defense Department news release.

“I had talked to him about a week ago,” Lourdes Brown said. “He was fine.”

Military officials have given the family some information about how he died, but they were still trying to gather more details, she said.

She declined to elaborate on her son’s life, saying the news was “still very raw.”

“We’re just waiting for him to come home so we can plan his funeral,” Lourdes Brown said.

Brown, who was single, is also survived by his father, William Jr., and his brother, Kevin, she said.