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Brewer, Charles Walter, Jr., CDR.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Clinton
Last Address Tulsa
Casualty Date Jun 19, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Guam
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Name of Award Distinguished Flying Cross (1917-2016)
Devices
none
Year Awarded 1944
Last Updated: Nov 29, 2013
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Details Behind Award
Distinguished Flying Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War II
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander Charles Walter Brewer (NSN: 0-73306), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as pilot of a United States Navy Fighter Plane in offensive action against an enemy submarine on 20 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander Brewer was flying on an anti-submarine patrol flight when the pilot of a companion plane sighted a surfaced enemy submarine. Immediately on having his attention attracted to the U-Boat, Lieutenant Commander Brewer commenced an effective strafing attack. Concentrating accurate machine gun fire on the conning tower, he prevented the enemy's anti-aircraft guns from being manned. During the strafing attack over a thousand rounds of machine gun bullets were fired at close range at the enemy resulting in a violent explosion and flame which filled and enveloped the conning tower and superstructure. The aggressiveness and accuracy displayed by Lieutenant Commander Brewer in making a deadly strafing attack, thereby damaging and preventing the hostile U-Boat from taking up defensive anti-aircraft fire against the attacking bomber, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. General Orders: Commander in Chief Atlantic: Serial 1869 (May 25, 1944) Action Date: October 20, 1943 Service: Navy Rank: Lieutenant Commander
