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Thomas Bentsen

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Birthplace: Saint Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Death: November 10, 1975 (23)
Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, Chippewa, Michigan, United States (Shipwreck)
Place of Burial: Paradise, Chippewa, Michigan, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Private and Florence Bentsen
Brother of Private

Occupation: Oiler, Great Lakes Freighters
Managed by: Stacy Orlando
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About Thomas Bentsen

Thomas Bentsen (1952 - 1975) served as an oiler on the Edmund Fitzgerald. He and the other 28 members of the crew perished in the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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Thomas Bentsen's Timeline

1952
January 10, 1952
Saint Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
1975
November 10, 1975
Age 23
Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, Chippewa, Michigan, United States
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Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Paradise, Chippewa, Michigan, United States