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Free, Thomas Augusta
Navy Machinist’s mate 1st class

Thomas Augusta Free, age 50, from Grimes County Navasota, Texas .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. His son, William Thomas Free, was also killed aboard the Arizona in the attack.

Source: National Archives, Waco Trbune Herald (1943)

Free, William Thomas
Navy Seaman 2nd class

William Thomas Free, age 25, from Harris County Houston, Texas .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. His father, Thomas Augusta Free, was also killed in the attack aboard the Arizona.

Source: National Archives, Waco Trbune Herald (1943), The Eagle (1943)

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