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Thomas Edison Gentle

Thomas Edison Gentle

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fireman, First Class
Service Number 273 02 65
Birth Date June 13, 1925
From Birmingham, Alabama
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
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Photo courtesy of the staff of the Linn-Henley Research Library, Birmingham (Alabama) Public Library, via Vicki Nelson.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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