Oran R. Brown

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Oran R. Brown, , U.S. Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as a Radar Intercept Officer of Fighting Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE (VF-161), embarked from the U.S.S. MIDWAY (CVA-41), in operations against an armed enemy on 18 May 1972, in Southeast Asia. While flying cover for a strike force in enemy territory, Lieutenant Brown and his pilot engaged two North Vietnamese MiGs in aerial combat at speeds of up to 500 miles per hour.