Frank Monroe Brown, Jr
Lieutenant
VF-151, CVW-15, USS CONSTELLATION, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
December 18, 1938 to September 19, 1966
FRANK M BROWN Jr is on the Wall at Panel 10E, Line 116

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 Frank M Brown
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20 Jun 2005

I served with Frank, on my second tour during the early days of Rolling Thunder, with USN Fighter Squadron 151. Our squadron flew the F-4 Phantom.

Frank and his RIO, David Henry, went down in the South China Sea after a bad cat shot, fully loaded with bombs and fuel. They were serving their country, the same as all Vietnam Veterans did.

Our squadron lost other air crews that have not made it to The Virtual Wall, yet. A couple of other guys in my squadron ended up spending the remainder of their war in the Hanoi Hilton. As I was leaving my third tour (September, 1967) we lost another air crew - but I'm not sure who they were.

Do not forget these men, and all the others, who have given their lives to defend our country! Freedom is not Free!

Rich Knoch
VF-151 (1965-67)
richknoch@cs.com


 
05 Nov 2007

Frank is gone and never forgotten.
We loved him and miss him.

From his first cousin,
Malcolm Brunges
mbrunges@netzero.com


 

Notes from The Virtual Wall

As noted above, F-4B BuNo 152315 went in off the catapult during a night launch from USS CONSTELLATION. As is most commonly the case with losses at sea, the bodies of the two men could not be recovered:
  • LT Frank M. Brown, Tunkhannock, PA, pilot, and
  • LTJG David A. Henry, El Cerrito, CA, Radar Intercept Officer.
Between Dec 1964 and Mar 1973 Fighter Squadron 151 made 7 deployments to Vietnam aboard the carriers USS CONSTELLATION, USS CORAL SEA, and USS MIDWAY. The squadron lost eleven aircraft during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin; one or both crewmen died in six of the incidents, while others resulted in personnel captured. The incidents in which crewmen died were
  • F-4B 152324, USS CONSTELLATION 06/23/1966:
  • F-4B 152315, USS CONSTELLATION 09/19/1966:
    • LT Frank M. Brown, Tunkhannock, PA
    • LTJG David A. Henry, El Cerrito, CA

  • F-4B 150421, USS CORAL SEA 10/24/1967:
  • F-4B 152304, USS CORAL SEA 11/19/1967:
    • LT James E. Teague, Harrisburg, AR
    • LTJG Theodore G. Steir (POW)

  • F-4B 150997, USS CORAL SEA 11/19/1967:
    • LCDR C D Clower (POW)
    • LCDR Walter O. Estes, Williamston, MI

  • F-4B 152325, USS CORAL SEA 04/05/1970:
    • LT Curtis H. Cropper, Paso Robles, CA
    • LT Thomas Terrill (picked up)

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