Thomas Blackman was a fireman on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt, TF 77th Fleet during Vietnam. On 04 Nov 1966, while the USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT was on station in the South China Sea, a flash fire occurred in an oil and hydraulic fluid storage compartment four decks below the hangar deck. Eight men died as a result of the fire including FN Thomas Lee Blackman.
His name is listed on THE WALL Panel 12E Line 018
May his sacrifice not be forgotten.
Contributed by Billy M. Brown
His name is listed on THE WALL Panel 12E Line 018
May his sacrifice not be forgotten.
Contributed by Billy M. Brown
Thomas Blackman was a fireman on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt, TF 77th Fleet during Vietnam. On 04 Nov 1966, while the USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT was on station in the South China Sea, a flash fire occurred in an oil and hydraulic fluid storage compartment four decks below the hangar deck. Eight men died as a result of the fire including FN Thomas Lee Blackman.
His name is listed on THE WALL Panel 12E Line 018
May his sacrifice not be forgotten.
Contributed by Billy M. Brown
His name is listed on THE WALL Panel 12E Line 018
May his sacrifice not be forgotten.
Contributed by Billy M. Brown
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