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First Name:
Anthony
Last Name:
Petit
Type: Light Keeper
Image Source:
USCG
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
L.
Born:
1903
Died:
1946
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1945
Year Departed:
1945
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1945
Year Departed:
1946
Source:
OPF, Newspaper Articles
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Entered Date:
Oct 12, 2018
In the early hours of April 1, 1946, Anthony Petit, CBM, was one of five service men killed when Unimak experienced a tidal wave that destroyed the building and ended their lives. The remains of four of the men's bodies were not identifiable and they were placed in a common casket and buried in a common grave on site. In 1948, the unidentifiable remains were unearthed and interred at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska.