. "1946Z"^^ . . . "1926Z"^^ . . "Brown, Jesse L."@en . . "Jesse L. Brown"@en . . "504477" . . . . "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal" . "1950Z"^^ . . "1950Z"^^ . . . "1950-12-04Z"^^ . "Jesse LeRoy Brown (13 October 1926 \u2013 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."@en . "1926-10-13Z"^^ .