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Thomas Mathew Gagnon
Jody Hane2021-05-27T12:43:22-05:00
- Name: Thomas Mathew Gagnon
- Location of Birth: Grafton, North Dakota
- Date of Birth: September 25, 1930
- Date of Death: May 2, 2000 (69 years old)
- Parents: Eugene Albert Gagnon, Sr. and Josephine (Guertin) Gagnon
- High School and Class: Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
- College: North Dakota State in Fargo, North Dakota
- Highest Rank: CAPT (Captain)
- Branch: Army
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Thomas joined the Armed Forces and attended Chinese Language School in Monterey, California. He served in the Army Security Agency and was stationed in Taiwan (Formosa) as a Chinese interpreter.
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Korean Conflict
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Thomas formerly lived in Cohasset, Minnesota.
He married Donna Gail Olson in 1959.
Preceding him in death were his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Donna; a daughter, Jeanette Suddarth; two grandsons; a brother, Eugene; and a sister, Mary Jo Gibbons.
Thomas died at his home in Torrance, California and is buried in Wildwood Cemetery at Cohasset, Minnesota.
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