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NAME Thomas Alonzo Britton |
NICKNAME Tommie |
SERVICE NUMBER 268898 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Nevada Captain’s Orderly |
HOME OF RECORD Carter, OK |
NEXT OF KIN Father, Mr. Allen Y. Britton |
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| DATE OF BIRTH July 4, 1916 at Beckham County, OK |
ENTERED SERVICE November 16, 1938 at Dallas, TX |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Corporal Thomas A. Britton was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Nevada. He was one of the Marines assigned to the ship’s captain, Francis W. Scanland, as a bodyguard and orderly. On 7 December 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Nevada was struck by at least six bombs and one torpedo before being beached. Sixty of her crew were killed; among them was Corporal Britton. His remains were never found. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered |
MEMORIALS Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, OK Honolulu Memorial |
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