Shafer, Benjamin Nathan
Navy Master chief electrician’s mate

Benjamin Nathan Shafer, age 36, from Saint Lucie County Fort Pierce, Florida .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, April 10, 1963
Death details: Killed aboard the atomic submarine Thresher when the ship went missing 220 miles East of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Source: ussthresher.com, Associated Press (1963), oneternalpatrol.com