John Brown - Military

Military

  • John Brown (British Army soldier) (died 1964), UK spy and POW during the Second World War
  • John Brown of Pittsfield (1744–1780), American Revolutionary War officer
  • John Brown (Medal of Honor) (1838–?), American sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient
  • John Brown (sailor) (1826–1883), American sailor and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
  • John M. Brown III, Lieutenant General in the United States Army
  • John S. Brown, United States Army brigadier general; Chief Historian of the United States Army Center of Military History
  • John Brown, Jr. (Navajo) (1921–2009), American Navajo Code Talker during World War II

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