Walter E Brown

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Headstone inscribed he was killed at the battle of Malete(which is a district, part of Manila) in the Phillipine Islands during the Battle of Manila Bay in the war with Spain in his 24th year. He was a Corporal in Co. D-10th PA. Vol. Infantry. (((The remains of Walter E. Brown, the dead soldier, were consigned to their last resting place at the Liberty cemetery Sunday afternoon, amid the presence of hundreds of mourning relatives and friends. The casket had been taken to the home of the deceased father, A. C. Brown, at Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon, where a guard of Co. D. soldiers watched it until the funeral. A large flag draped the porch of the dead hero's home. About 500 people from Connellsville, including Co. D. 10th regiment, Co. M. 17th regiment, and the Connellsville Military band, went to Dawson on the 1:25 B. & O. train. At Dawson the Vanderbilt lodge of the Jr. O.U.A.M., of which the deceased was a member, and the lodges from Dawson and Perryopolis and the Dawson band met the Connellsville contingent and the procession moved to Vanderbilt. The remains were taken from the residence to the U. P. church, where the services were conducted by Rev. A. Rodkey. After the services the procession moved to the Liberty cemetery. The soldiers and friends hats were removed as the casket was lowered into the ground. The firing squad shot three rounds and the bugler sounded taps, thus ending the last funeral rites of the first American soldier to fall in the Philippines. Walter E. Brown was corporal of Co. D, and met his death in the battle of Malate, July 31st, 1898. He was the only surviving son of A. C. Brown by his first wife and was admired and respected by all who knew him. )))