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
