Enlistment Date: 04/20/1943
Entered the Service From: Pennsylvania
U.S.S. Callaway (APA-35)
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Father: Mr. Claude Coles Owens, 7156 Georgian Road; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, lists his foreign service starting in January 1944.
Suggested edit: In World War II, Thomas served in the United States Coast Guard on the U.S.S. Callaway, an assault Coast Guard manned transport. He was one of thirty-one crew members who died as the result of a suicide attack on the ship on January 8, 1945. Thomas died on January 8, 1945 and was buried in the China Sea at Latitude 16 degrees 27' N and Longitude 119 degrees 14' E.
Source: Ship's History, U.S.S. Callaway APA-35, page 5
Contributor: Harold Pratt (49073443) •
Enlistment Date: 04/20/1943
Entered the Service From: Pennsylvania
U.S.S. Callaway (APA-35)
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Father: Mr. Claude Coles Owens, 7156 Georgian Road; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, lists his foreign service starting in January 1944.
Suggested edit: In World War II, Thomas served in the United States Coast Guard on the U.S.S. Callaway, an assault Coast Guard manned transport. He was one of thirty-one crew members who died as the result of a suicide attack on the ship on January 8, 1945. Thomas died on January 8, 1945 and was buried in the China Sea at Latitude 16 degrees 27' N and Longitude 119 degrees 14' E.
Source: Ship's History, U.S.S. Callaway APA-35, page 5
Contributor: Harold Pratt (49073443) •
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