Helferich, Thomas Philip
Navy Chief motor machinist’s mate

Thomas Philip Helferich, age 23, from Calhoun County Rockwell City, Iowa .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard USS Bullhead SS-332 when it was sunk by air attack near the Lombok Strait.

Source: On Eternal Patrol, Omaha World Herald (1947)