Albert was born in 1889. He was the son of John Brown and Frances Hertz. He passed away in 1984.
Young Albert completed public and private schools in Charleston and graduated from the Charleston High School in summer 1907. He entered the College of Charleston, but left the following year, after he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York. He was active in football squad and shooting team and earned the nickname "Burfy".[2][3]
Among his classmates were several future general officer including: Archibald V. Arnold, Raymond O. Barton, Stephen J. Chamberlin, Bradford G. Chynoweth, Gilbert R. Cook, Roscoe C. Crawford, Philip R. Faymonville, Millard Harmon, Wade H. Haislip, Thomas J. Hayes, William H. Hobson, Davenport Johnson, John E. Lewis, Robert M. Littlejohn, Francis B. Mallon, Harry J. Malony, William J. Morrissey, Walter M. Robertson, Sidney P. Spalding, Franklin C. Sibert, Walton Walker, William G. Weaver, William H. Wilbur and John S. Wood.[2]
He graduated on June 12, 1912 with a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Infantry Branch. Brown was then assigned to the 4th Infantry Regiment stationed at Fort Crook, Nebraska and accompanied the regiment to Galveston, Texas in January 1913 during the Border War with Mexican insurgents under Pancho Villa.[6][2][3][4]
Brown served on the Mexican border at Galveston until April 1914, when he sailed with his regiment to Veracruz, Mexico for occupation duty following a United States landing. He was promoted to first lieutenant in July 1916 and assumed command of an infantry company of his regiment at Brownsville.[2][3]
Following the American entry into World War I in April 1917, Brown was promoted to captain on May 15, and was ordered to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he joined the newly activated 59th Infantry Regiment and became the regimental adjutant. He remained with that outfit until November that year, when he was sent to Camp Greene, North Carolina for service as adjutant of the 8th Brigade, 4th Division, under Brigadier General Samuel W. Miller.[2][3][4]
Brown was promoted to the temporary rank of major and embarked for France in June 1918. He participated in the Aisne-Marne Offensive and was named adjutant of the 92nd Division's 183rd Brigade, then commanded by Brigadier General Charles Gerhardt one month later. He took part in the combats in the Vosges Mountains, Argonne Forest and Marbache sector and following the Armistice with Germany on November 11, 1918, he was attached to the headquarters of the 92nd Division under Brigadier General James B. Erwin.[2][3][4]
Between the wars Brown returned with the division to the United States in February 1919 and served for short periods at Camp Upton, New York and Camp Meade, Maryland, before he was appointed Inspector for the 8th District of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) at Kansas City, Missouri in April 1919. He was also reverted to the peacetime rank of captain.[3]
He spent four years in this capacity and received a permanent rank of major in April 1923, when he was appointed Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Brown was ordered to the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia in September that year and completed Infantry officers course in June 1924.[3][4]
Another schooling took place shortly thereafter, when he was ordered as a student to the Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Brown graduated in June 1925 and served at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana for some time, before embarked for Hawaii for staff duties with the Hawaiian Department, then commanded by Major General Edward Mann Lewis.[2][3][4]
Brown returned to the United States in June 1928 and enrolled the Army War College in Washington, D.C., where he graduated following June. He then entered the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island and graduated from the two-year course in June 1931.[2][3][4]
He was then ordered back to Washington and joined the War Department General Staff, where he served under General Douglas MacArthur, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, until October 1935. While in this capacity, Brown was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1935.[3]
His next tour of duty took him back to Fort Benning, where he was attached to the Infantry Board, which supervised the development of all weapons and equipment for the Infantry. He then served as commanding officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment from September 1938 to May 1939, when he was transferred to command of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment. While in this capacity as battalion commander, he participated in the demonstration of infantry tactics and operations for student officers at Fort Benning.[1][3][4]
Brown returned to Washington in April 1940 and assumed duty as Assistant to Chief of Budget & Legislative Planning Board, War Department General Staff. Following his promotion to colonel in February 1941, he was appointed Chief of the Budget & Legislative Planning Board. While in this capacity, Brown was responsible for the preparation of requests for funds and legislation for Congress and was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in August 1941.[1][3]
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