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Hazel Johnson-Brown
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 13 years ago |
Date of birth | October 10,1927 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | West Chester |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 5,2011 |
Died | Wilmington |
Delaware | |
United States | |
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
Job | Nurse |
Awards | Legion of Merit |
Meritorious Service Medal | |
Distinguished Service Medal | |
Commendation Medal | |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Year of servic | 1955–1983 |
Education | Harlem Hospital School of Nursing |
Columbia University | |
Teachers College, Columbia University | |
Buri | Arlington National Cemetery |
Command held | United States Army Nurse Corps |
Nationality | American |
Servicebranch | United States Army |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1683965 |
Hazel Johnson-Brown Life story
Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown was a nurse and educator who served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the United States Army and the first Black chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps.