Rank/Rate: Lieutenant, Junior Grade

Service Number: O-185336

Birth Date: March 23, 1920

From: Nashville, Tennessee

Decorations: Silver Star, Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Harder (SS-257)

Loss Date: August 24, 1944

Location: Off Caiman Point, Philippine Islands

Circumstances: Probably sunk by depth charge attack

Remarks: Photo courtesy of John Levin, son of Thomas’ best friend.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Harder (SS-257)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Harder (SS-257)

Find a Grave Memorial: LTjg Thomas Wooldridge Buckner (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)