Thornton, Cecil Howard
Navy Seaman 2nd class

Cecil Howard Thornton, age 21, from Rogersville, Alabama, Lauderdale county.

Parents: Maloy Earis Thornton

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for in 2019

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency