Thurman Lee Sellers

Rate / Rank
SH 1

Birthdate
December 19 1913

Date of Death
March 1977

Branch
US Navy

Active Duty Service
December 1942 -

Significant Duty Stations

Enlisted; Macon, Georgia.
US Naval Construction Training Center, Davisville, Rhode Island
88th Naval Construction Battalion
Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina May 29, 1948 to June 9, 1948
USS Midway (CVB-41) June 10, 1948 to May 2, 1951
On June 1, 1951, he re-enlisted for six years.

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Philippine Liberation Medal with one battle star
American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

US Navy service number 637-33-94. Born; Cairo, Georgia. Home of record; 302 1st Ave. NE, Cairo, Georgia. Before entering the Navy, Thurman was employed by the Boyd Construction Company of Thomasville Georgia. Burial; Pine Level Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.