The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Ross Kay Bramwell
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
51 FITRON
Date of Death
September 4, 1951
USNA Class of 1948, Lieutenant Junior Grade Bramwell was the pilot of a F9F-2 Panther Jet fighter with Fighter Squadron 51 aboard the carrier USS ESSEX (CV-9). On September 4, 1951, while on a mission over Haengsan, Korea, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and exploded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.