Roll of Honor

Midshipmen entering the gates of Columbia University, circa 1943.


Thomas Richard Durnan

  • School: Columbia College
  • Class Year: 1941
  • War: World War II
  • Date of Death: October 1, 1944

Sergeant Thomas R. Durnan, U.S. Army, was killed in action when the ship on which he was being transported as a prisoner of war, sailing from the Philippines to Japan, was torpedoed on October 1, 1944.

Thomas Richard Durnan

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