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.