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Thomas Tommy Joyner
First Name:
Thomas Tommy
Middle Name:
Kimbrough
Last Name:
Joyner
Date of Birth:
6/26/1925
Birthplace:
Charlotte, NC
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when it was badly damaged off of Okinawa. A Japanese suicide bomber dropped two 500-pound armor piercing bombs, which resulted in explosions, fires, and the loss of 832 men, including Joyner and his cousin, Robert Ephrian Abell, Jr.Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Personal Details
Education Details:
Central High School, Charlotte, graduate 1943
Biographical Notes:
member, Second Presbyterian Church
Family Details:
Mr. & Mrs. Marion P. (Sarah H.) Joyner - 2308 E. 5th St., Charlotte, NC
Sally Joyner, age 7 - Charlotte, NC, William Marion Joyner, age 18 - Charlotte, NC
Military Details
Military Branch:
Navy Enlisted: July 1943
Military Rank:
Seaman 2nd class
Military Unit:
radio operator USS Franklin
KIA Date:
3/19/1945
MIA Date:
NA
KIA / MIA Place:
Okinawa, Japan
Military Details:
Great Lakes Naval Training Station, IL, Norfolk, VA, University of Chicago, USS Franklin
Awards:
Purple Heart
Source:
Newsprint, death index and family information