Thomas J. Ryan
Date of Birth : Aug 5, 1901
Date of Death : Jan 28, 1970
Birth Place : New Orleans
Rear Admiral Thomas John Ryan, Jr. was a career American naval officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions while in Yokohama, Japan during the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. Ryan went on to serve in World War II as a destroyer flotilla commander.