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Beaver Island-connected soldier Nicholas Brown dies in Iraq, 2007

Also Nicholas P. Brown · Nicholas Brown II family

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TypeEvent
Date2007-01-22
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2007-01-22
Kind
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Eras
Modern era
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deathmilitaryfamilycommunityiraq-war
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Beaver Island

Summary

Army Spc. Nicholas P. Brown died in Iraq on January 22, 2007, after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle, according to the reproduced newspaper account in the forum. He had recently returned to the United States to meet his newborn son. Brown was connected to Beaver Island through his grandmother, St. James Township Clerk Jean Palmer; an April Beacon report documents an island benefit that raised $2,572 for the family.

Evidence limits

The forum is valuable here as the earliest local notice and a pointer to contemporary reporting, but it is not the authoritative military record. The death date and military details should ultimately be checked against Department of Defense casualty records and the original Dayton newspaper account.

Sources

  1. The initial community notice identified Brown as Jean Palmer's grandson and reported the death; the follow-up reproduced a Dayton Daily News account naming Army Spc. Nicholas P. Brown, age 24, his January 14 newborn son, Mosul, an improvised explosive device, and posthumous awards. The forum reproduces external reporting; the newspaper and Department of Defense are stronger authorities for the military details.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000819
  2. AmVets Post 46 and Auxiliary benefit report, Beaver Beacon, April 2007.
    Reports a benefit breakfast for Jean Palmer's grandson and a $2,572 check presented to Jean. This independently corroborates the island community connection and the later support effort, but is not itself a military casualty record. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-04_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held issue scan confirms the community benefit report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected soldier Nicholas Brown dies in Iraq, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-nicholas-brown-death-2007/, accessed [date], citing Rich Gillespie, “Iraq War Casualty-Nicholas Brown RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, January 23–26, 2007. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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