Jesse LeRoy Brown (13 October 1926 – 4 December 1950) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African-American aviator in the U.S. Navy, a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the first African-American naval officer killed in the Korean War.Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to an impoverished family, Brown was avidly interested in aircraft from a young age.
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