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Four Guys Named Brown

I was stalling before going outside to do yardwork. I came across these four young guys with the last name of Brown. "Four Guys Named Brown." That would be a cool name for a musical group. Or a book.

If I had time, I could make it an interesting book. Maybe someone else will. The author could trace their lives, growing up, Nathan in South Glen Falls, New York, and Larry in Jackson, Mississippi, John from Troy, Alabama, and Henry, from Natchez, Mississippi.

Follow the paths they took. They were all born in 1981 or '82, just like one of my sons, the one who is lucky enough to be starting graduate school. Were their lives so different, three guys from the South, one from up North, two Black, two White. Where did they go to church? What were their interests? Were any of them married?

They have three things in common:

They're dead.

They died in the Spring, in April.

They died far from home in a place called Iraq.

Nathan was killed this past week. Larry, John, and Henry were killed one year ago.

Same as it ever was.

Posted by Bill at April 17, 2004 09:35 AM