Brownlow "Brown" Treadway

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He was a coal miner.

Brownlow married Minnie Lee Smith on 16 Jun 1915 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Minnie was born about 1899 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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TREADWAY, William L.
"Elizabethton Star," Monday, April 10, 1944
W. L. TREADWAY REPORTED MISSING IN PACIFIC ACTION
William Lee Treadway, Jr., aviation radioman, second class, U. S. Naval Reserve, son of Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Treadway, route 1, Elizabethton, is missing in action according to a report of Naval casualties released today.
Treadway, age 24, is missing in action somewhere in the New Guinea area. He enlisted in the Naval Reserves on December 5, 1941, in Virginia, and received his training in Norfolk, Virginia. On April 27, 1942, he was sent overseas where he served 16 months after which young Treadway was given a rest leave and returned to the states in July, 1943. In August, 1943 he was sent back overseas.
Treadway attended the Elizabethton High school and prior to enlisting, was employed at the Tennessee Chair Factory.
He has two brothers, who are also in the service, Pfc. Joseph P. Treadway, U. S. Army, stationed in New Guinea; and Cpl. Robert Treadway, U.S. Army, Medical Corps., General Hospital, Camp Grant, 111.

TREADWAY, William Lee, Jr.
"Elizabethton Star," Tuesday, February 19, 1946
William Lee Treadway, Jr., Officially Declared Dead By Secretary Of Navy [photo]
Chief Petty Officer, William Lee Treadway, Jr., Aviation Radioman 2/c, has been declared officially dead, said a letter to his mother, Mrs. Minnie Treadway of route 1, which she received from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, on February 2, 1946.
Chief Treadway enlisted 2 days before Pearl Harbor, on December 5, 1941. And was reported missing on March 22, 1944, when he did not returned from a unit patrol mission.
He had been on combat missions from Australian bases and also in the Hollanadia, New Guinea area. His group was credited with destroying two armed vessels in Humboldt Bay.
He completed his high school work at Norfolk, Va. Another who was declared death was his friend, John Midilik of Aliquippa, Pa., who did not return from the same mission with Treadway.
Mrs. Treadway had two other sons in service, Cpl. Robert James Treadway who was drafted in September 1942, and is in England with a medical unit, and Cpl. Joseph Paul Treadway who was drafted on January 5, 1943 and served 31 months in the Pacific area. He received his discharge on December 23.