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Home Town Philadelphia, PA
Last Address New Haven, CT
Date of Passing Jan 02, 1957
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VADM Brown had a long and distinguished career in the US Navy. That career is shown throughout this profile and in the Biography under the "Other news" section.
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Navy Cross
Awarded for Actions During World War I
Service: Navy
Division: S.S. Parker
Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Wilson Brown, Jr. (NSN: 0-1430), United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U. S. S. PARKER, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, in escorting and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters, and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity during World War I.
Other Memories In 1921 he completed the Naval War College course and was promoted to the rank of Commander, he then served as the executive officer of the battleship Colorado, before becoming aide to Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. In 1929 he was appointed Commander of the New London Submarine Base, and was promoted to Captain in 1932, taking command of the battleship California.
