Rank/Rate	Chief Engineman
Birth Date	May 29, 1926
From	Chelsea, Massachusetts
Decorations
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	Tilmon was an avid amateur radio operator. His amateur radio call sign was W1SNO.

Remarks courtesy of Alan Howard Martin, /AHM/THX (W1AHM).

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