U.S. Army · United States 
Thomas M McGough
1972
Thomas McGough served the U.S. Army for 3 years. Thomas served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Patrolman Thomas McGough succumbed to burns sustained six weeks earlier when he and Patrolman Leonard Lamatrice responded to an accident on US 22. A tanker truck had overturned on the bottom of a hill at N 7th Street. As the two officers exited their patrol car the spilled gasoline caught fire and both officers were engulfed by the flames. Patrolman Lamatrice died of his injuries five weeks after the accident. Patrolman McGough suffered burns over 75 percent of his body and died six weeks later. Patrolman McGough was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Steubenville Police Department for 1 year.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother, sister, and four brothers.
Service Record
U.S. Army
1966 – 1969
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Cold War
Also Served
Steubenville Police Department
Patrolman
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