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• Phillip Leslie Brown, 80, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, formerly of Brattleboro. Died suddenly on Feb. 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 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 Oct. 11, 1969. She predeceased him on Sept. 12, 2020. He served in the 984th Engineer Company (Land Clearing) in Vietnam, including as company commander from March to September 1969, then as battalion maintenance officer until March 1970. He retired as a colonel in 1996, having served in Army Reserve units throughout New England as an engineer officer with his final assignment supporting FEMA operations. He completed his master's degree in Civil Engineering at the University of New Hampshire while working at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where he worked until retirement at SUBMEPP. 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 and enjoyed a wide variety of fiction and history, amassing many piles of books. He volunteered with the Vietnam Veterans' group, and with the high school reunion roster. He leaves behind his daughter Barbara Cox of Gloucester, Massachusetts, his son Christopher Brown of Berwick, Maine, his sister Bonnie Brown of Halifax, his good friend Gene Riley of Brattleboro, and several cousins. Memorial information: There will be no services at this time. An interment of ashes at Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro will...