Charles Darling Brown

"His Lord said to him, Well done, you good and faithful servant..." Matthew 25:21. Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Charles Darling Brown boarded the USS West Virginia as a member of the battleship´s crew on 1 September 1938. He was on board the West Virginia when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. After the attack EM3c Brown's body could not be identified and he was listed as "Missing in Action" (MIA). Em3c Brown's brother was also on board the USS West Virginia and...

Rest your oar, shipmate. We have the watch. Great-great nephew, ITSC(ss) USN RET Eli Singer.

Thank you for your service and being a part of our nation's greatest generation. So glad that you will now be back home in Illinois and that I was able to learn of this historic event. Your first cousin, twice removed.