02 Robert Preston Thompson, Nashville Tennessee
Robert Preston Thompson
Rank/Rate: Ship’s Cook, Third Class
Service Number: 295 30 63
Birth Date: October 20, 1917
From: Nashville, Tennessee
Decorations: None
Submarine: USS Squalus (SS-192)
Loss Date: May 23, 1939
Location: Off New England Coast, near Isle of Shoals Circumstances Accidentally sank when engine rooms flooded
Remarks: Photo courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS SQUALUS (SS-192)
Click here for a list of men lost on the USS Squalus SS-192
Find a Grave Memorial: Robert Preston Thompson, Nashville National Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
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