- Date Of Birth: December 31, 1930
- Date Of Death: November 22, 1952
- State: Mississippi
Thomas Claiborne Thigpen was born in the small Hancock County Community of Santa Rosa on December 31, 1930. He died on November 22, 1952 on Colony Glacier in Alaska. The Air Force plane he and fifty-one other service members were passengers on board when the plane crashed killing all on board.
The wreckage was covered by hundreds of feet of snow and ice. It was discovered by the Alaska Air National Guard in 2012. The process of identifying the remains has been ongoing since the discovery. At this time, forty-five of the service members have been identified.
Claiborne was mourned by his parents, Tom and Delilah Thigpen; his siblings, Myrtle Thigpen Mitchell, Dolph Thigpen, Myree Thigpen Craft Mitchell, Ethel Thigpen Patch and Rayford Thigpen.
Claiborne has been missed by his twelve nephews, David Mitchell, Sidney Mitchell, Gary Mitchell, Billy Wayne Thigpen, Benny Thigpen, Bobby Thigpen, Cecil Craft, Jimmy Craft and Mike Craft, Glenn Patch, Burrell Patch and Gerald Patch; his four nieces, Shelby Jean Mitchell Watkins, Elaine Thigpen Jackson, Claudia Thigpen Stiglich, and Janice Patch Mitchell.
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