Robert Howard Gosnell (1943 - 1963)

Born 1 Mar 1943 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Apr 1963 at age 20 in At Sea

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Biography

• Crewman aboard the USS Thresher, a submarine that sank during deep-diving tests off the coast of Massachusetts.
  • Thresher was the first nuclear submarine lost at sea and only one of four lost with more than 100 people aboard.^[1]
  • Several memorials have been dedicated to honor the lost aboard the Thresher and several with specific crewmen honored - including a memorial at Arlington to the whole crew dedicated in Sept 2019.

• 11 Sept 1961 Enlisted in the Navy
  • Served at the US Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut
• 26 Oct 1962 Assigned to the USS Thresher

• s/o Henry Lloyd Gosnell^[2]
  • Henry, Mrs. Anna Jones, Mrs. Peggy Beasley, Mrs. Linda Barnett, Mrs. Donna Bartholomew^[2]

Images

• Headshot

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: USS Thresher, accessed 3 Oct 2020.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} USS Thresher: Ship Roster, accessed 3 Oct 2020.

• "Lost Nukes of the Cold War." Drain the Oceans. (Season 2 Episode 6). National Geographic. 29 July 2019.
• "In Memoriam." Memorial Service Programme for the loss of the USS Thresher. 1963. Navsource.org. Accessed 3 Oct 2020.
• USS Thresher Naval History & Heritage Command - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS); See: Men Who Perished in the Loss of Thresher (SSN-593) on 10 April 1963
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75314451/robert-howard-gosnell: accessed 03 October 2022), memorial page for Robert Howard Gosnell (1 Mar 1943–10 Apr 1963), Find A Grave: Memorial #75314451, citing Raleigh Memorial Park, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Judy Stallings (contributor 47164030) .
• FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GZ4X-815