World War II Honoree

Thomas Duncan Yuill

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Vanderbilt, Michigan

Honored By

Lawrence & Margaret Warner

GRADUATED FROM ALBION COLLEGE IN 1939 AND WAS EMPLOYED BY THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY IN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN FOR 2 YEARS. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN OCTOBER 1942 AND GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL, NEW YORK, AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN FEBRUARY 1943. HE WAS KILLED ON NOVEMBER 24, 1943 WHEN THE ESCORT AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LISCOME BAY WAS TORPEDOED BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE OFF MAKIN ISLAND DURING THE INVASION OF THE GILBERT ISLANDS. HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART POSTHUMOUSLY ON JANUARY 24, 1945.