Rank/Rate: Lieutenant Commander
Birth Date: September 26, 1931
From: Memphis, Tennessee
Submarine: USS Thresher (SSN-593)
Loss Date: April 10, 1963
Location: Approximately 300 miles off the coast of New England
Circumstances: Most likely cause of the sinking was a failure in either a pipe, a pipe valve, or a hull weld, causing flooding near the engine room.
NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Thresher (SSN-593)
On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Thresher (SSN-593)
Find a Grave Memorial: LCDR Pat Mehaffy Garner