BROWN DEREK BARTON

LT Derek Barton Brown was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 12/17/1990 at the age of 48.7 from Heart attack
Keene, NH
Date of Birth 04/13/1942
Served in the U.S. Navy
Served in Vietnam with HA(L)-3 DET 2 in 68, HA(L)-3 DET 7 in 68-69
Call sign in Vietnam SEAWOLF
This information was provided by Dan Arnes, HA(L)-3 roster

More detail on this person: I found and spoke with the widow of Seawolf Pilot LTJG Derek Barton Brown who was on Det 2 and Det 7, 2/29/1968 to 1/24/1969.

His wife Elizabeth said he passed away on 12/17/1990 while working in his family's textile mill in Keene, NH of a heart attack.

He is buried in the family cemetery "Woodlawn Cemetery" in Keene, NH along with his mother and father and brother Doug who passed away later. They had one son who now lives in Tampa, FL.

From: Dan Arnes

This information was last updated 05/18/2016

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Date posted on this site: 05/13/2023