The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Richard D. Brown
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
May 14, 1953
Staff Sergeant Brown was the turret system gunner of a B-29 Superfortress Bomber with the 582nd Air Rescue Squadron, 582nd Air Rescue Wing, based at Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana. He was a member of the 1300th Training Group. On May 14, 1953, he was enroute to Lake Charles Air Force Base, Louisiana on a routine training flight. The aircraft crashed about eight miles from Sargent, Nebraska killing nine personnel.