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Billy Max Klier

Billy Max Klier

 

Rank/Rate Engineman, First Class
Birth Date January 26, 1935
From Elkhart, Kansas
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Submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593)
Loss Date April 10, 1963
Location Approximately 300 miles off the coast of New England
Circumstances Most likely cause of the sinking was a failure in either a pipe, a pipe valve, or a hull weld, causing flooding near the engine room
Remarks Remembered by shipmate Gregory Ryder.

 

 

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