Thomas (Tommy) Lee Turner was the son of George Martin Turner and Edna Mae Hughes.
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.
- 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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