Navy Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Menelek M. Brown
Death: Jan 02, 2008
of Eastpoint Ga.; stationed aboard the destroyer Hopper home-ported at Pearl Harbor Hawaii; Died Jan. 2 after apparently going overboard in the Arabian Sea. Navy aircraft and ships conducted an extensive search but did not locate him. * * * * * Navy IDs overboard sailor declared dead Staff report The Navy has identified the 24-year-old sailor who is believed to have fallen overboard from a destroyer Thursday in the Arabian Sea the Navy announced Monday. Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Menelek M. Brown went missing as the destroyer Hopper was on patrol along with the cruiser Port Royal and the frigate Ingraham the Navy said prompting a 30-hour search by the ships and their helicopters. Commanders initially believed Brown who was last seen at 4:30 a.m. Thursday had a good chance of survival because he went overboard in warm water but he was never found. He was officially declared dead Friday. Brown of Roswell N.M. enlisted in the Navy in 2004 and served aboard the frigate BoOperation Iraqi freedom