Retired US Navy CDR William (Bill) Guy Eaton, Sr., died January 25, 2011, in Virginia Beach, VA.
Born in Charleston, SC on March 26, 1922, to Edna S. Smith and William G. Eaton, he graduated from the Hamburg, NY, public school system in June 1940 and entered the US Navy where he won an appointment to the US Naval Academy. He graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1944 with the class of 1945. He married the former Sally Ann Crutcher in the Naval Academy chapel on July 12, 1945. Both Bill and Sally were raised in Navy families.
After a number of surface ship assignments he entered flight training and received his wings in September 1949 at Pensacola, FL. Bill retired from the Navy in 1965, after which he worked for Northrop Corporation, where he proudly contributed to the first manned lunar landing. He then embarked on a twenty-five year career teaching mathematics and science in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach public school systems and at Tidewater Community College.
Bill was an active person most of his life who enjoyed sports and interacting with people. He was a straight forward individual who stood up for what he believed in as those who knew him as a Naval aviator, scientist, teacher, and family man can attest. He will be remembered for his love of family, duty to country and faith in God.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Sally C. Eaton; his daughter, Isabel Pollard, and husband, Ken, of Virginia Beach, VA; two sons, William and wife, Ann, of Virginia Beach, VA and Robert and wife, Marty Daly, of Santa Fe, NM; three grandchildren, Michele Mohlere Arosemena and husband Carlos, Virginia Eaton, and Will Eaton and wife Michelle; and his sister, Jane "Cappy" Stewart, of Davis, CA.
He was a member of the USNA Alumni Association, of the VP21 and VP 45 Squadron Associations, and, for over 40 years, of Old Donation Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach, VA.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2011, at Old Donation Episcopal Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel is in charge of arrangements. The family requests that memorial donations be made either to Old Donation Episcopal Church, 4449 N Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455, or to the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, 247 King George St., Annapolis MD 21402. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.
Ref: https://www.hollomon-brown.com/obituaries/CDR-William-Bill-Guy-Eaton-Sr-USN-Ret?obId=1533396 )
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William Guy Eaton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 26, 1922, son of Mrs. (Edna S. Smith) Eaton ad the late Commander William G. Eaton, USN. In May 1940 he enlisted as a Seaman in the US Naval Reserve, and in July 1941 was honorably discharged to enter the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment by the Secretary of the Navy. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 7, 1944, with the Class of 1945 (course reduced to three years due to World War II), he progressed periodically in rank to that of Lieutenant Commander, to date from September 1, 1955.
Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1944, he served briefly as a Technical Observer at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. In August 1944 he joined USS Marshall as Assistant Gunnery Officer, and in that capacity saw action during operations in the Western Carolines and at Leyte and Luzon. When USS Franklin was hit by a horizontal bomber off Kyushu, Japan, on March 19, 1945, USS Marshall aided in the rescue of survivors and escorted the aircraft carrier from the combat area.
Detached from the Marshall in September 1945, he joined USS Blue to serve as Gunnery Officer, Navigator and First Lieutenant. He remained on board that destroyer, operating with the SEVENTH Fleet on Korean patrol, until March 1947, and from April of that year until April of the next was Executive Officer of USS EPCE(R) 855. He next had flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas, and on September 16, 1949, was designated Naval Aviator. He had further training with Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Atlantic, and in December 1949 was assigned as Communications Officer of Patrol Squadron TWENTY-ONE.
Between April 1952 and June 1954 he was an Instructor with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, after which he had duty as Personnel Officer of Patrol Squadron FORTY-FIVE. Transferred to Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE, he served as Operations Officer until August 1957, then reported for instruction in nuclear engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. In June 1959 he joined the staff of Commander Task Group SEVEN POINT THREE as Liaison Officer to the Chief of Naval Operations.
Lieutenant Commander Eaton has the American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four engagement stars; World War II Victory Medal; China Service Medal (extended); National Defense Service Medal; and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star.
He died January 25, 2011.
(Ref: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-e/eaton-william-guy.html )
Born in Charleston, SC on March 26, 1922, to Edna S. Smith and William G. Eaton, he graduated from the Hamburg, NY, public school system in June 1940 and entered the US Navy where he won an appointment to the US Naval Academy. He graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1944 with the class of 1945. He married the former Sally Ann Crutcher in the Naval Academy chapel on July 12, 1945. Both Bill and Sally were raised in Navy families.
After a number of surface ship assignments he entered flight training and received his wings in September 1949 at Pensacola, FL. Bill retired from the Navy in 1965, after which he worked for Northrop Corporation, where he proudly contributed to the first manned lunar landing. He then embarked on a twenty-five year career teaching mathematics and science in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach public school systems and at Tidewater Community College.
Bill was an active person most of his life who enjoyed sports and interacting with people. He was a straight forward individual who stood up for what he believed in as those who knew him as a Naval aviator, scientist, teacher, and family man can attest. He will be remembered for his love of family, duty to country and faith in God.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Sally C. Eaton; his daughter, Isabel Pollard, and husband, Ken, of Virginia Beach, VA; two sons, William and wife, Ann, of Virginia Beach, VA and Robert and wife, Marty Daly, of Santa Fe, NM; three grandchildren, Michele Mohlere Arosemena and husband Carlos, Virginia Eaton, and Will Eaton and wife Michelle; and his sister, Jane "Cappy" Stewart, of Davis, CA.
He was a member of the USNA Alumni Association, of the VP21 and VP 45 Squadron Associations, and, for over 40 years, of Old Donation Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach, VA.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2011, at Old Donation Episcopal Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel is in charge of arrangements. The family requests that memorial donations be made either to Old Donation Episcopal Church, 4449 N Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455, or to the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, 247 King George St., Annapolis MD 21402. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.
Ref: https://www.hollomon-brown.com/obituaries/CDR-William-Bill-Guy-Eaton-Sr-USN-Ret?obId=1533396 )
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William Guy Eaton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 26, 1922, son of Mrs. (Edna S. Smith) Eaton ad the late Commander William G. Eaton, USN. In May 1940 he enlisted as a Seaman in the US Naval Reserve, and in July 1941 was honorably discharged to enter the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment by the Secretary of the Navy. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 7, 1944, with the Class of 1945 (course reduced to three years due to World War II), he progressed periodically in rank to that of Lieutenant Commander, to date from September 1, 1955.
Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1944, he served briefly as a Technical Observer at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. In August 1944 he joined USS Marshall as Assistant Gunnery Officer, and in that capacity saw action during operations in the Western Carolines and at Leyte and Luzon. When USS Franklin was hit by a horizontal bomber off Kyushu, Japan, on March 19, 1945, USS Marshall aided in the rescue of survivors and escorted the aircraft carrier from the combat area.
Detached from the Marshall in September 1945, he joined USS Blue to serve as Gunnery Officer, Navigator and First Lieutenant. He remained on board that destroyer, operating with the SEVENTH Fleet on Korean patrol, until March 1947, and from April of that year until April of the next was Executive Officer of USS EPCE(R) 855. He next had flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas, and on September 16, 1949, was designated Naval Aviator. He had further training with Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Atlantic, and in December 1949 was assigned as Communications Officer of Patrol Squadron TWENTY-ONE.
Between April 1952 and June 1954 he was an Instructor with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, after which he had duty as Personnel Officer of Patrol Squadron FORTY-FIVE. Transferred to Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE, he served as Operations Officer until August 1957, then reported for instruction in nuclear engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. In June 1959 he joined the staff of Commander Task Group SEVEN POINT THREE as Liaison Officer to the Chief of Naval Operations.
Lieutenant Commander Eaton has the American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four engagement stars; World War II Victory Medal; China Service Medal (extended); National Defense Service Medal; and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star.
He died January 25, 2011.
(Ref: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-e/eaton-william-guy.html )
Retired US Navy CDR William (Bill) Guy Eaton, Sr., died January 25, 2011, in Virginia Beach, VA.
Born in Charleston, SC on March 26, 1922, to Edna S. Smith and William G. Eaton, he graduated from the Hamburg, NY, public school system in June 1940 and entered the US Navy where he won an appointment to the US Naval Academy. He graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1944 with the class of 1945. He married the former Sally Ann Crutcher in the Naval Academy chapel on July 12, 1945. Both Bill and Sally were raised in Navy families.
After a number of surface ship assignments he entered flight training and received his wings in September 1949 at Pensacola, FL. Bill retired from the Navy in 1965, after which he worked for Northrop Corporation, where he proudly contributed to the first manned lunar landing. He then embarked on a twenty-five year career teaching mathematics and science in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach public school systems and at Tidewater Community College.
Bill was an active person most of his life who enjoyed sports and interacting with people. He was a straight forward individual who stood up for what he believed in as those who knew him as a Naval aviator, scientist, teacher, and family man can attest. He will be remembered for his love of family, duty to country and faith in God.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Sally C. Eaton; his daughter, Isabel Pollard, and husband, Ken, of Virginia Beach, VA; two sons, William and wife, Ann, of Virginia Beach, VA and Robert and wife, Marty Daly, of Santa Fe, NM; three grandchildren, Michele Mohlere Arosemena and husband Carlos, Virginia Eaton, and Will Eaton and wife Michelle; and his sister, Jane "Cappy" Stewart, of Davis, CA.
He was a member of the USNA Alumni Association, of the VP21 and VP 45 Squadron Associations, and, for over 40 years, of Old Donation Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach, VA.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2011, at Old Donation Episcopal Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel is in charge of arrangements. The family requests that memorial donations be made either to Old Donation Episcopal Church, 4449 N Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455, or to the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, 247 King George St., Annapolis MD 21402. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.
Ref: https://www.hollomon-brown.com/obituaries/CDR-William-Bill-Guy-Eaton-Sr-USN-Ret?obId=1533396 )
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William Guy Eaton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 26, 1922, son of Mrs. (Edna S. Smith) Eaton ad the late Commander William G. Eaton, USN. In May 1940 he enlisted as a Seaman in the US Naval Reserve, and in July 1941 was honorably discharged to enter the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment by the Secretary of the Navy. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 7, 1944, with the Class of 1945 (course reduced to three years due to World War II), he progressed periodically in rank to that of Lieutenant Commander, to date from September 1, 1955.
Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1944, he served briefly as a Technical Observer at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. In August 1944 he joined USS Marshall as Assistant Gunnery Officer, and in that capacity saw action during operations in the Western Carolines and at Leyte and Luzon. When USS Franklin was hit by a horizontal bomber off Kyushu, Japan, on March 19, 1945, USS Marshall aided in the rescue of survivors and escorted the aircraft carrier from the combat area.
Detached from the Marshall in September 1945, he joined USS Blue to serve as Gunnery Officer, Navigator and First Lieutenant. He remained on board that destroyer, operating with the SEVENTH Fleet on Korean patrol, until March 1947, and from April of that year until April of the next was Executive Officer of USS EPCE(R) 855. He next had flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas, and on September 16, 1949, was designated Naval Aviator. He had further training with Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Atlantic, and in December 1949 was assigned as Communications Officer of Patrol Squadron TWENTY-ONE.
Between April 1952 and June 1954 he was an Instructor with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, after which he had duty as Personnel Officer of Patrol Squadron FORTY-FIVE. Transferred to Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE, he served as Operations Officer until August 1957, then reported for instruction in nuclear engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. In June 1959 he joined the staff of Commander Task Group SEVEN POINT THREE as Liaison Officer to the Chief of Naval Operations.
Lieutenant Commander Eaton has the American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four engagement stars; World War II Victory Medal; China Service Medal (extended); National Defense Service Medal; and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star.
He died January 25, 2011.
(Ref: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-e/eaton-william-guy.html )
Born in Charleston, SC on March 26, 1922, to Edna S. Smith and William G. Eaton, he graduated from the Hamburg, NY, public school system in June 1940 and entered the US Navy where he won an appointment to the US Naval Academy. He graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1944 with the class of 1945. He married the former Sally Ann Crutcher in the Naval Academy chapel on July 12, 1945. Both Bill and Sally were raised in Navy families.
After a number of surface ship assignments he entered flight training and received his wings in September 1949 at Pensacola, FL. Bill retired from the Navy in 1965, after which he worked for Northrop Corporation, where he proudly contributed to the first manned lunar landing. He then embarked on a twenty-five year career teaching mathematics and science in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach public school systems and at Tidewater Community College.
Bill was an active person most of his life who enjoyed sports and interacting with people. He was a straight forward individual who stood up for what he believed in as those who knew him as a Naval aviator, scientist, teacher, and family man can attest. He will be remembered for his love of family, duty to country and faith in God.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Sally C. Eaton; his daughter, Isabel Pollard, and husband, Ken, of Virginia Beach, VA; two sons, William and wife, Ann, of Virginia Beach, VA and Robert and wife, Marty Daly, of Santa Fe, NM; three grandchildren, Michele Mohlere Arosemena and husband Carlos, Virginia Eaton, and Will Eaton and wife Michelle; and his sister, Jane "Cappy" Stewart, of Davis, CA.
He was a member of the USNA Alumni Association, of the VP21 and VP 45 Squadron Associations, and, for over 40 years, of Old Donation Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach, VA.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2011, at Old Donation Episcopal Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel is in charge of arrangements. The family requests that memorial donations be made either to Old Donation Episcopal Church, 4449 N Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455, or to the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, 247 King George St., Annapolis MD 21402. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.
Ref: https://www.hollomon-brown.com/obituaries/CDR-William-Bill-Guy-Eaton-Sr-USN-Ret?obId=1533396 )
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William Guy Eaton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 26, 1922, son of Mrs. (Edna S. Smith) Eaton ad the late Commander William G. Eaton, USN. In May 1940 he enlisted as a Seaman in the US Naval Reserve, and in July 1941 was honorably discharged to enter the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment by the Secretary of the Navy. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 7, 1944, with the Class of 1945 (course reduced to three years due to World War II), he progressed periodically in rank to that of Lieutenant Commander, to date from September 1, 1955.
Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1944, he served briefly as a Technical Observer at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. In August 1944 he joined USS Marshall as Assistant Gunnery Officer, and in that capacity saw action during operations in the Western Carolines and at Leyte and Luzon. When USS Franklin was hit by a horizontal bomber off Kyushu, Japan, on March 19, 1945, USS Marshall aided in the rescue of survivors and escorted the aircraft carrier from the combat area.
Detached from the Marshall in September 1945, he joined USS Blue to serve as Gunnery Officer, Navigator and First Lieutenant. He remained on board that destroyer, operating with the SEVENTH Fleet on Korean patrol, until March 1947, and from April of that year until April of the next was Executive Officer of USS EPCE(R) 855. He next had flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas, and on September 16, 1949, was designated Naval Aviator. He had further training with Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Atlantic, and in December 1949 was assigned as Communications Officer of Patrol Squadron TWENTY-ONE.
Between April 1952 and June 1954 he was an Instructor with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, after which he had duty as Personnel Officer of Patrol Squadron FORTY-FIVE. Transferred to Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE, he served as Operations Officer until August 1957, then reported for instruction in nuclear engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. In June 1959 he joined the staff of Commander Task Group SEVEN POINT THREE as Liaison Officer to the Chief of Naval Operations.
Lieutenant Commander Eaton has the American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four engagement stars; World War II Victory Medal; China Service Medal (extended); National Defense Service Medal; and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star.
He died January 25, 2011.
(Ref: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-e/eaton-william-guy.html )
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