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U.S. Navy · United States United States

Thomas Truesdale

1958
Life Media Service Also Served Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Thomas Truesdale served the U.S. Navy.

How He Died
Manner Homicide
Cause Gunshot wound
Mechanism Firearm
What Happened
Detective Lieutenant Thomas Truesdale and Patrolman Emil Newberg were both shot and killed as they tried to disarm a suicidal man who had barricaded himself in a bathroom with a pistol. The suspect, 35, had walked away from a V A veterans mental institution in Brockton, Mass. on October 21, 1957. He was committed in Providence mental hospital where he died in 1983. Detective Lieutenant Truesdale had served with the Pawtuckett Police Department for 37 years and was killed on his 58th birthday.
Thomas Truesdale
Thomas Truesdale
Headstone Front of Esther Wall. Arlington National Cemetery. Shared stone
Headstone Front of Esther Wall. Arlington National Cemetery.
Headstone Back of Esther Wall. Arlington National Cemetery. Shared stone
Headstone Back of Esther Wall. Arlington National Cemetery.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Also Served
Pawtucket Police Department
Detective Lieutenant
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Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery
Section 39
Grave 722
In Our Keeping
Permanent identifier neuraspine_01krbxtpsw8gx63x2h5h57v5j3
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Last updated September 1, 2026

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