John Brown, Jr. was a Marine, not a soldier.
I use “soldier” as a generic term for ALL those in the military of any service. I realize he was a Marine, and mean no offense by using my generic term. I also am a mean fool who uses the word “man” as meaning “a member of humankind”, as it was primarily defined in 1960’s dictionaries, as well as being politically incorrect by refusing to use the terms “rain forest” or “African0American” as well as hundreds of other personal foibles.