Silver Star Vietnam Veteran Life Honored 4 Days Before Death

Silver Star recipient kept fighting spirit
Tribune Live
By Bill Vidonic
Published: Saturday, June 14, 2014

Though his body was ravaged from a fight with cancer, Neil Brown still managed to attend a ceremony honoring his service and sacrifice in Vietnam just four days before his death.

“Up until that moment, I wasn't sure it was going to happen,” said his wife, Anne Brown.

Neil H. Brown of Upper St. Clair died at home on Thursday, June 12, 2014, of complications from renal cancer. He was 66.

Mr. Brown was a senior executive vice president for AON insurance's Pittsburgh office at the time of his death and had sold insurance for construction projects, his family said.

“He was a loyal, generous person. He wasn't someone a customer would take advantage of. There was a shrewd side to him. You couldn't succeed in this business if you didn't have that side,” Anne Brown said.

Mr. Brown's ultimate legacy, however, may be his heroism in Vietnam.
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