Thomas K. Burgess enlisted in the U. S. Navy on November 2, 1942. He was honorably discharged on November 16, 1945. His highest rating held was SP(M) 2/C (Mail Man Second Class). The ships & stations he served on were: Naval Air Technical Training Center, Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tennessee; Fleet Post Office San Francisco, California; U. S. Naval Hospital Oakland, California; U. S. Naval Hospital, Santa Cruz, California; Landing Ship Tank 840; Puget Sound Navy Yard; U. S. Naval Base Bremerton, Washington. He died on June 27, 1968.