Phillip Brown

1944 - 2025

Phillip L. Brown of Somersworth, New Hampshire, formerly of Brattleboro, died suddenly on February 2, 2025. He was born July 10, 1944, in Brattleboro, son of Ronald P. Brown of Hinsdale, New Hampshire, and Barbara J. March of Brattleboro.

He graduated from Brattleboro Union High School in 1962. He studied engineering at the University of Maine before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1966. He was commissioned as an officer in 1967 and served Active Duty until 1975. He was stationed in southern Germany where he met his future wife, Martha Kursch of Hamburg and married her on October 11, 1969. She predeceased him on September 12, 2020. He served in the 984th Engineer Company (Land Clearing) in Vietnam, including as Company Commander from March 1969 to September 1969, then as Battalion Maintenance Officer until March 1970. He retired as a Colonel in 1996, having served US Army Reserve units throughout New England as an Engineer Officer. He completed master's degree in Civil Engineering at the University of New Hampshire while working at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Phil loved the out-of-doors, the Vermont woods and its wildlife, downhill skiing and the Harris Hill Ski Jump. He was a voracious reader, volunteered with the Vietnam Veterans' group, and with the high school reunion roster.

He leaves behind daughter Barbara Cox of Gloucester, MA, son Christopher Brown of Berwick, ME, sister Bonnie Brown of Halifax, VT, good friend Gene Riley of Brattleboro and several cousins. There will be no services at this time. An interment of ashes at Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro will be announced at a later date. Donations to the Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center, West Brattleboro.