R. K. Brown

Korean War
RankAviation Electrician's Mate Third Class U.S. Navy
Date of DeathJanuary 21 1954
National Defense Service Medal
Aviation Electrician's Mate Third Class Brown was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Aviation Electrician's Mate Third Class Brown was a crew member of a P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 7, based at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii. On January 21, 1954, as the plane was making a landing approach it crashed into the southeast slope of Mount Puu Kaua, Oahu, killing 7 crewmen.