Thomas Francis Healy was the only son and youngest child born to Patrick and Mary Healy of 196 Bronson Avenue (now Dr. Samuel McCree Way) in Rochester, New York. Following the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor became a member of Company M, 13th U.S. Infantry, stationed at Fort Niagara. Near Las Pinas, at the base of Telegraph Hill, in the Philippines he was mortaly wounded. He became the first Rochesterian to die in a forgien war.
His body was wrapped in the flag that he fought for and buried in an improvised cemetery. At a later date his body was placed in a metallic casket and then shipped back to Rochester. City leaders declared the funeral day, March 19th 1900, to be a local holiday and closed the city of all business. Veterans in Rochester New York chartered Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 16 on January 13th 1916. The post is named for Thomas F. Healy, a private with Company M, 13th U.S. Infantry
Enlisted Jan. 10, 1899 Rochester, NY
Rank Private
Unit Co. M, 13th Regiment, U.S. Infantry; Spanish-American War
Discharged killed in action
Died June 10, 1899 at near Manila,Philippine Islands aged 17
His body was wrapped in the flag that he fought for and buried in an improvised cemetery. At a later date his body was placed in a metallic casket and then shipped back to Rochester. City leaders declared the funeral day, March 19th 1900, to be a local holiday and closed the city of all business. Veterans in Rochester New York chartered Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 16 on January 13th 1916. The post is named for Thomas F. Healy, a private with Company M, 13th U.S. Infantry
Enlisted Jan. 10, 1899 Rochester, NY
Rank Private
Unit Co. M, 13th Regiment, U.S. Infantry; Spanish-American War
Discharged killed in action
Died June 10, 1899 at near Manila,Philippine Islands aged 17
Thomas Francis Healy was the only son and youngest child born to Patrick and Mary Healy of 196 Bronson Avenue (now Dr. Samuel McCree Way) in Rochester, New York. Following the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor became a member of Company M, 13th U.S. Infantry, stationed at Fort Niagara. Near Las Pinas, at the base of Telegraph Hill, in the Philippines he was mortaly wounded. He became the first Rochesterian to die in a forgien war.
His body was wrapped in the flag that he fought for and buried in an improvised cemetery. At a later date his body was placed in a metallic casket and then shipped back to Rochester. City leaders declared the funeral day, March 19th 1900, to be a local holiday and closed the city of all business. Veterans in Rochester New York chartered Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 16 on January 13th 1916. The post is named for Thomas F. Healy, a private with Company M, 13th U.S. Infantry
Enlisted Jan. 10, 1899 Rochester, NY
Rank Private
Unit Co. M, 13th Regiment, U.S. Infantry; Spanish-American War
Discharged killed in action
Died June 10, 1899 at near Manila,Philippine Islands aged 17
His body was wrapped in the flag that he fought for and buried in an improvised cemetery. At a later date his body was placed in a metallic casket and then shipped back to Rochester. City leaders declared the funeral day, March 19th 1900, to be a local holiday and closed the city of all business. Veterans in Rochester New York chartered Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 16 on January 13th 1916. The post is named for Thomas F. Healy, a private with Company M, 13th U.S. Infantry
Enlisted Jan. 10, 1899 Rochester, NY
Rank Private
Unit Co. M, 13th Regiment, U.S. Infantry; Spanish-American War
Discharged killed in action
Died June 10, 1899 at near Manila,Philippine Islands aged 17
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