Lieutenant Clarence Crase Thomas, U.S. Navy, died April 28, 1917, 120 miles west of the Hebrides Islands. He was the first U.S. Naval Officer killed in World War I. His ship, the USS Vacuum, a tanker, was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. His name is inscribed at Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England
U.S. NAVY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, GRADUATING CLASS OF 1916
additional information courtesy of CL Hileman (#47502760)
U.S. NAVY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, GRADUATING CLASS OF 1916
additional information courtesy of CL Hileman (#47502760)
Lieutenant Clarence Crase Thomas, U.S. Navy, died April 28, 1917, 120 miles west of the Hebrides Islands. He was the first U.S. Naval Officer killed in World War I. His ship, the USS Vacuum, a tanker, was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. His name is inscribed at Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England
U.S. NAVY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, GRADUATING CLASS OF 1916
additional information courtesy of CL Hileman (#47502760)
U.S. NAVY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, GRADUATING CLASS OF 1916
additional information courtesy of CL Hileman (#47502760)
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...first American naval officer to give his life in the war with Germany.While in command of the armed Guard on the S.S.Vacuum,which was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine.He died from exposure and was buried at sea off the coast of Scotla
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Entered the service from California
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