Brown, David McDowell, CAPT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary NEC
151X-Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer Pilot or NFO

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1996-2003, 151X, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Service Years
1984 - 2003

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Virginia

Year of Birth
1956

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Contact Info

Home Town Arlington, Virginia	Last Address Arlington, Virginia

Date of Passing Feb 01, 2003
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 46 Lot 1180-3

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2003, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

NASA Astronaut and a Mission Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia Mission STS-107. CAPT Brown was killed when the craft disintegrated during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, 01 FEB 2003

Visit other US Navy Astronauts on STS-107 here at NTWS:

CAPT Laurel B. Clark

CDR William C. McCool

Other Comments:

Posthumously awarded:

NASA Space Flight Medal
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Congressional Space Medal of Honor

Career Highlights

Began Naval Career as a Flight Surgeon, and in 1988 was the first Flight Surgeon in 10 years to be selected for Pilot Training.
Navy Operational Flight Surgeon of the Year -1986
Designated a Naval Aviator in 1990, ranking number one in his class.
Qualified to fly the A-6 Intruder, F/A-18 Hornet, and T-38 Talon
His tour with NTPS was a duel role as the Flight Surgeon and Pilot.

Namesakes:

Brown Hall in the Columbia Village Apartments, at the Florida Institute of Technology is named in his honor.
Laurel B. Clark & David M. Brown Aerospace Medicine Academic Center at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute.

NASA VIDEOS

CAPT Brown's Preflight Video

Remembering Columbia STS-107

These an many other video, audio clips, as well as a complete NASA website on STS-107 can be found HERE.

STS-107 Interactive Tribute

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Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (1961-2016) - 2003

Name of Award
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (1961-2016)

Devices
none

Year Awarded
2003

Last Updated:
May 20, 2007

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