On Eternal Patrol - Daniel W. Beal, Jr.

On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of the U.S. Navy

Daniel W. Beal, Jr.

Daniel W. Beal, Jr.

D. W. Beal, Jr. as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force

Rank/Rate Electronic Engineer, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Birth Date May 23, 1931

From Columbia Falls, Maine

Decorations

Submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593)

Loss Date April 10, 1963

Location Approximately 300 miles off the coast of New England

Circumstances Most likely cause of the sinking was a failure in either a pipe, a pipe valve, or a hull weld, causing flooding near the engine room

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