Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!
Leatherman, Thomas Alphonso
Military Information:
- Deceased
- WWII Veteran
- QR Code
- WWII Victory Medal
- 1-Alpha List
- AMM3: Aviation Machinist Mate 3rd Class Petty Officer
- Cemetery: Western Heights, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Dates of Service 1:
Service Start Date: NA Service End Date: NA
Dates of Service 2:
Service Start Date: NA Service End Date: NA
Bio:
World War II veteran Thomas Leatherman Jr was born in 1925 and joined the US Naval Reserve at age seventeen and a half in November 1942 and served until December 1945, achieving rank of Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class. He died in a car accident in 1946 at the age of 21. Both his parents are also buried here as is his mother Flora Bell Thewlis Leatherman's father, Albert Thewlis. Her mother, however, is buried at La Reunion. Many members of the Leatherman family are buried here.
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