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)