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Tom Dooley

Tom DooleyAKA Thomas Anthony Dooley III

Born: 17-Jan-1927
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Died: 18-Jan-1961
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - Skin
Remains: Buried, Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay [1]
Occupation: Activist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Deliver Us from Evil

Military service: US Navy (1944-46); US Navy Reserve (1946-50)


[1] See James T. Fisher, Dr. America (1997)

    High School: St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, MO
    University:
University of Notre Dame (left in 1944 for US Navy)
    Medical School: St. Louis University Medical School (1953)

    Congressional Gold Medal (posthumous)
    Irish Ancestry

Is the subject of books:
Dr. America: The Lives of Thomas A. Dooley, 1927-1961, 1997, BY: James T. Fisher

Author of books:
Deliver Us from Evil: The Story of Vietnam's Flight to Freedom (1956)
The Edge of Tomorrow (1958)
The Night They Burned the Mountain (1960)
Dr. Tom Dooley: My Story (1960)



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