John Freeman Tollerson Jr. (1922-1945)

John Freeman Tollerson Jr.

Birth

25 Mar 1922

Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, USA

Death

6 Jan 1945 (aged 22)

At Sea

Burial

Pioneer Cemetery

Pioneer, Eastland County, Texas, USA Add to Map

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East Side Row 4 Space 42 (Cenotaph - Lost At Sea)

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: John Tollerson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1922
Death Date: 6 Jan 1945
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1: 1 Sep 1942
Release Date 1: 6 Jan 1945

(Retrieved from Ancestry.com, June 9, 2016)

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1922-1945
IN MEMORY OF
SN 1/C U.S.N. JOHN FREEMAN TOLLERSON, JR.
DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY AT SEA
ASIATIC AREA ATTACHED U.S.S. COLUMBIA
6 JANUARY 1945. HE STANDS IN THE UNBROKEN LINE
OF PATRIOTS WHO HAVE DARED TO DIE THAT FREEDOM
MIGHT LIVE AND GROW AND INCREASE ITS BLESSINGS
FREEDOM LIVES AND THROUGH IT, HE LIVES.

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Marker Only Died at Sea

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Veda Mathews Flippin

1923–2007 (m. 1942)

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