Special Forces
Roll Of Honour
Special Forces
Roll Of Honour
Home
Categories
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New articles
New media comments
New profile posts
New article comments
Latest activity
Entries
Roll Of Honour
Awards
Popski's Private Army Roster
Operations
War Diaries
Today In History
Web Links
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Entries
Roll Of Honour
Dillon, Thomas Justin
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Good to Go: The Life and Times of a Decorated Member of the U.S. Navy's Elite SEAL Team Two
By Harry Constance, Randall Fuerst
Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL
By Chuck Pfarrer
Message
<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 20" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Dillon </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Thomas Justin </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S.N.R. NCDU </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Seaman Second Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th June 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Long Island National Cemetery,Farmingdale,Suffolk County,New York Section H Site 11653 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from New York,New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 13.07.1913</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Evander Childs High School, Class of 1931 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by Hartford Accident and Indemnity Insurance Company as a claim adjuster</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife, 3 children</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>inducted in the US Navy on 29.01.1944 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>late addition to NCDU #141 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Normandy (On D-Day, at 0635 hours, NCDU #141 landed in the first wave at the Fox Green Sector of Omaha Beach via rubber boat. As the team was unloading their explosives/equipment, they were cut down by machine gun fire. It was in this moment that Dillon was killed in action. Most of the men were either killed or wounded in his team.Though successful in their mission, the NCDU teams suffered 52% casualties that day, including 37 dead, resulting in the largest loss of life in a single action for Naval Special Warfare. Dillon, one of the 37 NCDU members killed on D-Day, would leave behind a wife and 3 children.Dillon was initially buried in Normandy, but after the war was re-interred in New York. He would be awarded, posthumously, the Purple Heart, EAME w/ 1 Bronze Star, WWII Victory Medal, and Presidential Unit Citation.)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-dillon.34040/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34040-9b0bc0bfc1b14e9ca2a5dd8570553faf.jpg?1602353962" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-dillon-grave.34039/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34039-71a5b069494d409d84b664c1182b9965.jpg?1602353907" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 20, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Dillon [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Thomas Justin [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]U.S.N.R. NCDU [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Seaman Second Class [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]6th June 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]30 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Long Island National Cemetery,Farmingdale,Suffolk County,New York Section H Site 11653 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from New York,New York[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 13.07.1913[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Evander Childs High School, Class of 1931 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]employed by Hartford Accident and Indemnity Insurance Company as a claim adjuster[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]wife, 3 children[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]inducted in the US Navy on 29.01.1944 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]late addition to NCDU #141 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Normandy (On D-Day, at 0635 hours, NCDU #141 landed in the first wave at the Fox Green Sector of Omaha Beach via rubber boat. As the team was unloading their explosives/equipment, they were cut down by machine gun fire. It was in this moment that Dillon was killed in action. Most of the men were either killed or wounded in his team.Though successful in their mission, the NCDU teams suffered 52% casualties that day, including 37 dead, resulting in the largest loss of life in a single action for Naval Special Warfare. Dillon, one of the 37 NCDU members killed on D-Day, would leave behind a wife and 3 children.Dillon was initially buried in Normandy, but after the war was re-interred in New York. He would be awarded, posthumously, the Purple Heart, EAME w/ 1 Bronze Star, WWII Victory Medal, and Presidential Unit Citation.)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-dillon.34040/"][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34040-9b0bc0bfc1b14e9ca2a5dd8570553faf.jpg?1602353962[/IMG][/URL] [URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-dillon-grave.34039/"][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34039-71a5b069494d409d84b664c1182b9965.jpg?1602353907[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Entries
Roll Of Honour
Dillon, Thomas Justin
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top