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James Benjamin Brown
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
513 MAR FTR SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
May 30, 1953
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Captain Brown was the pilot of a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight fighter with the Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On May 30, 1953, while returning from escorting B-29's on a night mission near the mouth of the Yalu River, North Korea, contact with the aircraft was lost after requesting landing instructions from Kusan Airfield (K-8). He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on June 1, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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