[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 47 (Friday, March 17, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E343]
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RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF FALLEN MISSISSIPPI SOLDIER ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) 
                         LERANDO J. BROWN, JR.

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 17, 2017

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in memory of 
fallen Mississippi soldier Sergeant (SGT) Lerando J. Brown, Jr., who 
died while in service to our great nation on March 15, 2008, during 
Operation Iraqi Freedom III. SGT Brown gave his life while deployed in 
Balad, Iraq.
  SGT Brown, of Gulfport, was assigned to the 288th Sapper Company, 
223rd Engineer Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard based in 
Houston, Mississippi. At the time of his death, SGT Brown was the 48th 
Mississippian to die in Iraq since March 2003. SGT Brown served in Iraq 
beginning in September 2007. He arrived with more than 90 other members 
of the 288th.
  Lieutenant Colonel Tim Powell of the Mississippi Army National Guard 
said this was Brown's first deployment. SGT Brown's wife, Candice, 
described her husband as a man who loved to make her laugh. She said 
SGT Brown constantly told her he loved her through phone calls and e-
mails.
  SGT Brown's service and sacrifice will always be remembered.

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