Reeves, Thomas James

Date of birth:: December 9th, 1895 (Thomaston/Connetticut, United States)
Date of death:: December 7th, 1941 (Pearl Harbor/Hawaii, United States)
Buried on:: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Nationality:: American

Biography

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Medal of Honor - Navy/Marine Corps (MoH)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Radio Electrician
Unit:: U.S.S. California (BB-44), U.S. Navy
Awarded for:: Operation Z (1941)

"For distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. After the mechanized ammunition hoists were put out of action in the U.S.S. California, Reeves, on his own initiative, in a burning passageway, assisted in the maintenance of an ammunition supply by hand to the antiaircraft guns until he was overcome by smoke and fire, which resulted in his death."

Awarded posthumously