Boilermaker 3/c Urish was killed in action on 7-24-1945 while serving as a Boilermaker 3/c on the Destroyer USS Underhill, {DE-682}, in the waters off the Philippines. The USS Underhill was a Buckley-Class Destroyer that was built in Quincy, Massachusetts. This ship was sunk by an one-man Midget Japanese Sub called a "Kaiten" that was used for suicide missions. There were 300 of these subs built, and 100 were used. The USS Underhill sunk in minutes with the loss of 112 sailors, and there were 122 sailors that survived.
He is the son {d.1982} of Mr. Harry & Mrs. Anna J. {Jibben} Urish {d.1996} of 1031 of Creve Coeur Avenue in Creve Coeur, Illinois, and was a 1942 graduate of Green Valley H.S. in Green Valley, Illinois. He was working at Corn Products Co. in Pekin, Illinois, and then went to work in Vancouver at the Kaiser Shipyards, and was in the Navy by June of 1943.
Besides his parents, he leaves one younger brother, Lyman Eugene, 16, at home. He was a Korean Veteran who died in 1978.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
He is the son {d.1982} of Mr. Harry & Mrs. Anna J. {Jibben} Urish {d.1996} of 1031 of Creve Coeur Avenue in Creve Coeur, Illinois, and was a 1942 graduate of Green Valley H.S. in Green Valley, Illinois. He was working at Corn Products Co. in Pekin, Illinois, and then went to work in Vancouver at the Kaiser Shipyards, and was in the Navy by June of 1943.
Besides his parents, he leaves one younger brother, Lyman Eugene, 16, at home. He was a Korean Veteran who died in 1978.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
Boilermaker 3/c Urish was killed in action on 7-24-1945 while serving as a Boilermaker 3/c on the Destroyer USS Underhill, {DE-682}, in the waters off the Philippines. The USS Underhill was a Buckley-Class Destroyer that was built in Quincy, Massachusetts. This ship was sunk by an one-man Midget Japanese Sub called a "Kaiten" that was used for suicide missions. There were 300 of these subs built, and 100 were used. The USS Underhill sunk in minutes with the loss of 112 sailors, and there were 122 sailors that survived.
He is the son {d.1982} of Mr. Harry & Mrs. Anna J. {Jibben} Urish {d.1996} of 1031 of Creve Coeur Avenue in Creve Coeur, Illinois, and was a 1942 graduate of Green Valley H.S. in Green Valley, Illinois. He was working at Corn Products Co. in Pekin, Illinois, and then went to work in Vancouver at the Kaiser Shipyards, and was in the Navy by June of 1943.
Besides his parents, he leaves one younger brother, Lyman Eugene, 16, at home. He was a Korean Veteran who died in 1978.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
He is the son {d.1982} of Mr. Harry & Mrs. Anna J. {Jibben} Urish {d.1996} of 1031 of Creve Coeur Avenue in Creve Coeur, Illinois, and was a 1942 graduate of Green Valley H.S. in Green Valley, Illinois. He was working at Corn Products Co. in Pekin, Illinois, and then went to work in Vancouver at the Kaiser Shipyards, and was in the Navy by June of 1943.
Besides his parents, he leaves one younger brother, Lyman Eugene, 16, at home. He was a Korean Veteran who died in 1978.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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Records on Ancestry
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1940 United States Federal Census
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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