Thomas (Tommy) Lee Turner
Died 18 August 1943
Officially declared dead on 19 August 1944
Memorialized at the Honolulu, HI Memorial; he also has a memorial stone in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Pomona (Cumberland County), TN.
Tommy Turner was aboard the U.S.S. Abner Reed and was killed August 18, 1943 when the ship hit a mine in the Bering Sea off the Aleutian Islands.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. George Martin Turner, Rt 1 Box 160, Crossville, TN
- Rank: Seaman Second Class
- Date of birth: 18 January 1925
- Date of death: 18 August 1943
- County: Cumberland
- Hometown: Crossville
- Service Branch: Navy
- Division/Assignment: USS Abner Reed
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VIII, Bottom Panel
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