Hi Rick, i see you are also looking for the other Thomas Durham who entered service from Arkansas.
Thomas Hansford Durham, Aviation Ordinanceman 3, U.S. Navy Serial No. 3470989.
Thomas was born abt 1925 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of James Luther Durham & Bessie Durham.
1930 census shows family living in Tulsa, OK.; 1940 shows family living in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
He may have entered service from Arkansa but his records reference home address as Tulsa, OK.
There seems to be a conflict on his date of death, The ABMC Memorial date of 18 January 1945 is incorrect.
Its not the first time we`ve found an incorrect date at ABMC.
The Defence Prisoner of War / Missing Personnel Office record list gives date of death/ missing as 17 January 1944.
http://www.dtic.mil/...rts/nav_m_d.htm
DURHAM, THOMAS H , 3470989, USN, AOM3, 01/17/1944
From the war diary of Fleet Air Wing Four, based in the Aleutians, Thomas was a crew member on Catilina, No 34018, that reported on 17 January 1944 that it was having mechanical trouble while on patrol in the western Aleutians. The plane had not been found after a thorough four day search by air and surface craft.
Another Arkansas boy that may be on your list, Franklin E. Fehr, Aviation Machinist's Mate, Third Class, U.S. Navy, Service # 6303485, from Watson, AR., was on the same plane.
