Clarence Crase Thomas

Clarence Crase Thomas
BornDecember 26, 1886 (1886-12-26)
Grass Valley, California
DiedApril 28, 1917 (1917-04-29)
AllegianceUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Navy
Service years1904-1917
ConflictsWorld War I
AwardsNavy Cross

Clarence Crase Thomas (December 26, 1886 – April 28, 1917) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I. Thomas became the first U.S. naval officer to die in the war, after his ship was torpedoed by a German submarine. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

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