Roll of Honor

Brandon, Alfred J., Jr.

Branch of Service: Navy
Era: WWII
Location of Burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Town of Burial: Murfreesboro, TN

According to Joe Nunley’s book, The Raider Forties, Alfred J. Brandon “was from Murfreesboro and a member of one of Tennessee’s better-known teaching families.”  He joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 as a Pharmacist Mate after graduating from Middle Tennessee State College with a bachelor of science. He contracted plastic anemia during his service and died on September 26, 1945.

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