Lt Brown was the Flight Surgeon aboard the P-2V Neptune aircraft "LA-9" which crashed on the Kronborg glacier in eastern Greenland during a blizzard January 12, 1962, while on patrol for Russian submarines. Initially the plane was thought to have been lost at sea, but its wreckage was located in 1966 on the glacier by a team of British geologists.
The first remains from the wreckage were recovered by the Navy in September 1966, and those of John Augustus Brown were interred at Arlington in a group grave at Section 46 Site 754 on October 17th of that year, along with two others whose remains were identified and two unidentified sets of remains.
Lt Brown's widow, Ingrid, died in 2004 and on June 6, 2006, she was buried at Section 46, Site 434, nine rows and approximately 50 yards southwest of the group grave. Arlington's interment records then show that more of John Augustus Brown's remains were buried on October 15, 2009, in Ingrid's grave. At that point, a new stone was placed at site 434 with both their names on it.
Over the years Kronborg glacier has yielded more wreckage from the crash, and more human remains, which have been identified using modern forensic science. On November 16, 2011, those remains were buried at the group site, including apparently, some belonging to Lt Brown. In November 2012 the original grave stone at site 754 was replaced with a new one which bears all the names of the twelve crew members.
The first remains from the wreckage were recovered by the Navy in September 1966, and those of John Augustus Brown were interred at Arlington in a group grave at Section 46 Site 754 on October 17th of that year, along with two others whose remains were identified and two unidentified sets of remains.
Lt Brown's widow, Ingrid, died in 2004 and on June 6, 2006, she was buried at Section 46, Site 434, nine rows and approximately 50 yards southwest of the group grave. Arlington's interment records then show that more of John Augustus Brown's remains were buried on October 15, 2009, in Ingrid's grave. At that point, a new stone was placed at site 434 with both their names on it.
Over the years Kronborg glacier has yielded more wreckage from the crash, and more human remains, which have been identified using modern forensic science. On November 16, 2011, those remains were buried at the group site, including apparently, some belonging to Lt Brown. In November 2012 the original grave stone at site 754 was replaced with a new one which bears all the names of the twelve crew members.
Lt Brown was the Flight Surgeon aboard the P-2V Neptune aircraft "LA-9" which crashed on the Kronborg glacier in eastern Greenland during a blizzard January 12, 1962, while on patrol for Russian submarines. Initially the plane was thought to have been lost at sea, but its wreckage was located in 1966 on the glacier by a team of British geologists.
The first remains from the wreckage were recovered by the Navy in September 1966, and those of John Augustus Brown were interred at Arlington in a group grave at Section 46 Site 754 on October 17th of that year, along with two others whose remains were identified and two unidentified sets of remains.
Lt Brown's widow, Ingrid, died in 2004 and on June 6, 2006, she was buried at Section 46, Site 434, nine rows and approximately 50 yards southwest of the group grave. Arlington's interment records then show that more of John Augustus Brown's remains were buried on October 15, 2009, in Ingrid's grave. At that point, a new stone was placed at site 434 with both their names on it.
Over the years Kronborg glacier has yielded more wreckage from the crash, and more human remains, which have been identified using modern forensic science. On November 16, 2011, those remains were buried at the group site, including apparently, some belonging to Lt Brown. In November 2012 the original grave stone at site 754 was replaced with a new one which bears all the names of the twelve crew members.
The first remains from the wreckage were recovered by the Navy in September 1966, and those of John Augustus Brown were interred at Arlington in a group grave at Section 46 Site 754 on October 17th of that year, along with two others whose remains were identified and two unidentified sets of remains.
Lt Brown's widow, Ingrid, died in 2004 and on June 6, 2006, she was buried at Section 46, Site 434, nine rows and approximately 50 yards southwest of the group grave. Arlington's interment records then show that more of John Augustus Brown's remains were buried on October 15, 2009, in Ingrid's grave. At that point, a new stone was placed at site 434 with both their names on it.
Over the years Kronborg glacier has yielded more wreckage from the crash, and more human remains, which have been identified using modern forensic science. On November 16, 2011, those remains were buried at the group site, including apparently, some belonging to Lt Brown. In November 2012 the original grave stone at site 754 was replaced with a new one which bears all the names of the twelve crew members.
Bio by: Paul Hays
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