Rank/Rate: Seaman, Second Class                     

Service Number: 750 61 57

Birth Date: October 15, 1925

From: Ripley, Tennessee

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.