John Franklin Brown

Rank/Rate:    Seaman, Second Class                     

Service Number:    750 61 57

Birth Date:    October 15, 1925

From:    Ripley, Tennessee

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Submarine:    USS S-28 (SS-133)

Loss Date:    July 4, 1944

Location:    Off Hawaii

Circumstances:    Foundered during training

Remarks:    John was born in Goldust, Lauderdale County, Tennessee.  Photo courtesy of Kay Bohannon, niece.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS S-28 (SS-133)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS S-28 (SS-133)

Find a Grave Memorial: S2 John Franklin Brown (Honolulu Memorial). John Brown has a cenotaph at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

Perpetuating the memories of submariners who didn’t come home

Chairman: Mike Anderson (SK2(SS)USN) | President: Patrick Ryan (YNC(SS), LCDR USN)

The TSMA is a nonprofit memorial association registered as a 501(c) tax exempt organization and is registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to receive charitable donations. Please make the TSMA one of the charities that you support.  You can make a donation here or send a check made to: Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association, c/o 309 Church Street, #107, Nashville, TN 37201.

Here’s our nonprofit (501(c)3) designation letter [link]

Here’s our State of Tennessee registration to solicit charitable donations [link]

Thank you for your help commemorating the Tennesseans who gave their lives as American Submariners in the service of the United States Navy.

Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

c/o 309 Church Street, #107 Nashville, TN 37201