Patrick Earl Brown was born Sept. 27, 1947 in Presho, SD to Vernon and Esther (Burnham) Brown. He grew up in the Wood area. He attended country school through the 8th grade, White River High School his freshman and sophomore years, and Wood High School his junior and senior years where he graduated in 1965. He attended Southern State College for a year.
Patrick enlisted in the U.S. Army in October 1967. He served in Vietnam from June 1968 to June 1969. He was in the 1st Squadron 11th Armored Calvary Regiment stationed at Bien Hoa.
Pat met his wife Diane Fisher in 1972. They were married on May 31, 1974, and to this union three children were born; Mike, Kip and Teddy.
After his tour in the U.S. Army he was employed by Gerald Moorehead as a carpenter, then went on to do carpenter work with his brother Dale. He was then employed by Whitley Central Distributing for 30 plus years. He finished out his last 8 years of employment with Kucera Electric.
Pat was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to go hunting, fishing, and camping with his family and friends.
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