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For others of the same name, see Clarence Brown (disambiguation).
Clarence John Brown was a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy.
Biography
Brown was born January 15, 1895, in Plum City, Wisconsin.[1] He would graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and marry Augusta Duwe. Brown passed away on August 28, 1973. He is buried with Augusta at Arlington National Cemetery.
Career
Brown was commissioned in the Medical Corps in 1917. His assignments included serving at Naval Base Guam. During World War II he would serve at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Naval Hospital Philadelphia, and with the United States Twelfth Fleet. Following the war he was named Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Awards he received include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit.
References
Categories:- People from Pierce County, Wisconsin
- American military personnel from Wisconsin
- United States Navy admirals
- United States Navy officers
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- American military personnel of World War II
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- 1895 births
- 1973 deaths
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