COMMANDER CARL ALLEN BROWN, JR. (then Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy). For extraordinary heroism as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron Twenty-Seven, attached to the USS Princeton, in action against enemy Japanese Forces during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, October 24, 1944. Skilled and aggressive in combat, Lieutenant Commander Brown participated in the interception of a large group of enemy planes attempting to attack our Task Force and pressed home his attack to shoot down five enemy planes and to inflict severe damage on an other. His high combat efficiency, courage and devotion to duty were instrumental in preventing damage to our ships and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

Commander Brown resided in Florida.