[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 41 (Thursday, March 9, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E302-E303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RECOGNIZING LYNN BROWN

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 9, 2017

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge Veteran Services 
Officer Lynn P. Brown for being selected as Employee of the Quarter for 
the entire State of Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Agency. 
VSO Brown has been with the agency for nearly 26 years.
  VSO Lynn Brown grew up in a family of eight boys in Effingham, 
Illinois. He graduated from Effingham High School in 1962 and joined 
the Army in 1966. After training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Lynn was stationed overseas at

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Pleiku, South Vietnam, with the 1st Signal Battalion as a personnel 
specialist and rose to the rank of Spec/5. He received an Honorable 
Discharge in 1969. Spec/5 Brown was awarded the Army Commendation 
Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam 
Service Medal with 2 Campaign Stars, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry 
Cross with Palm, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit 
Citation.
  During his career as a VSO, Lynn Brown has served a large section of 
South Central Illinois veterans. His professional career has been 
described as defining what a Veteran Services Officer should be, and 
his private life has become an extension with the same devotion. He 
continues to serve veterans and their families long after the workday 
is over, on holidays, and on weekends. He has even built over a hundred 
shadow boxes for medals and awards for fellow veterans and their 
families, at no cost to the recipients.
  I offer my congratulations to VSO Brown for his outstanding 
accomplishments while serving veterans. We need more men and women like 
him.

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