Thomas Tommy Joyner [1]
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
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
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