While a college student, Eugene and his brother Joseph B. enlisted shortly before Pearl Harbor. Eugene was first assigned to the newly commissioned aircraft carrier, the Hornet, before serving on the Franklin.
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From: Springfield, MO Newspaper March 20, 1944-
Eugene V Upton, Jr. aviation ordnance mate, first class, United States Navy, and Miss Mary Teresa Bouronill, Watsonville, Cal., were married March 17 in the Immaculate Conception church at Westerly, RI.
Mr. Upton is the son of Eugene V Upton, circuit court reporter. He has been in the Navy since August, 1939, and saw service on the Hornet from the time it was commissioned to its sinking. He was at home Christmas for a short visit. He was formerly a Sea Scout here, graduate of Senior High School and a student at STC (State Teachers College).
Mr. Upton met Miss Bouronill more than a year ago, when he was stationed at San Diego. He is now at an Atlantic station, where they will live at present.
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Rank AOM1C United States Navy
Aboard the USS Franklin CV-13
Eugene was lost at sea during the attack.
On March 19, 1945, off the coast of Shikoku, the Franklin was struck by two bombs which passed through the flight deck and detonated in the hanger. A terrific conflagration fed by gasoline in aircraft fuel tanks, together with detonations of a large number of heavy bombs and rockets loaded on aircraft, demolished a major part of the flight deck and wrecked the hanger and gallery deck spaces. Flooding from fire-fighting water caused a heavy list. All machinery spaces were evacuated because of smoke and heat, and all power failed. This is the worst damage which any United States warship has survived.
In all, 724 crewmen died, 265 were wounded. Casualities could have been worse were it not for the work of many heroic survivors.
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From: Springfield, MO Newspaper, April 20, 1945-
Eugene Vernon Upton, Jr., 25, son of E.V. Upton, circuit court reporter, 1419 North Grant, was reported "killed in action" in the Pacific, in notification received by his parents from the Navy department today.
He was crazy about the Navy, and from a schoolboy had planned to make it a career. He was a Sea Scout in High School, a member of the first Sea Scout troop here; and he enlisted in the Navy on August 8, 1939, while a student at Teachers College, more than two years before the United States officially entered the war. His rating was aviation ordnance man first class.
He had three battle stars, for participation in the battles of Midway, the Coral Sea, and Santa Cruz, where he was taken off the sinking Hornet.
He was assigned to the Hornet the day it was commissioned, and was on it until the day it was sunk -- including the trip which carried the Doolittle fliers for their first raid on Tokyo.
After the loss of the Hornet, he was transferred to the Atlantic and made several trips on convoy duty to Casablanca. Several times he was assigned to land training stations, but always strained to get back to sea. Last September he was reassigned to duty in the Pacific, and on his way to Hawaii wrote home. "There is nothing in the world like a ship under your feet." He visited home for the last time just before that assignment last August.
His closest friend in Springfield, schoolmate and fellow Sea Scout, was Tommy Cribbs, who recently also was reported killed in action.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Mary Teresa Bouronill Upton, living with her parents at Watsonville, Calf.; his father here, one brother J.B. Upton, who was taken at Corregidor and has been a prisoner of the Japanese ever since; and a sister, Rosemary Upton, Drury student.
He was a member of the Immaculate Conception church here.
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From: Springfield, MO Newspaper March 20, 1944-
Eugene V Upton, Jr. aviation ordnance mate, first class, United States Navy, and Miss Mary Teresa Bouronill, Watsonville, Cal., were married March 17 in the Immaculate Conception church at Westerly, RI.
Mr. Upton is the son of Eugene V Upton, circuit court reporter. He has been in the Navy since August, 1939, and saw service on the Hornet from the time it was commissioned to its sinking. He was at home Christmas for a short visit. He was formerly a Sea Scout here, graduate of Senior High School and a student at STC (State Teachers College).
Mr. Upton met Miss Bouronill more than a year ago, when he was stationed at San Diego. He is now at an Atlantic station, where they will live at present.
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Rank AOM1C United States Navy
Aboard the USS Franklin CV-13
Eugene was lost at sea during the attack.
On March 19, 1945, off the coast of Shikoku, the Franklin was struck by two bombs which passed through the flight deck and detonated in the hanger. A terrific conflagration fed by gasoline in aircraft fuel tanks, together with detonations of a large number of heavy bombs and rockets loaded on aircraft, demolished a major part of the flight deck and wrecked the hanger and gallery deck spaces. Flooding from fire-fighting water caused a heavy list. All machinery spaces were evacuated because of smoke and heat, and all power failed. This is the worst damage which any United States warship has survived.
In all, 724 crewmen died, 265 were wounded. Casualities could have been worse were it not for the work of many heroic survivors.
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From: Springfield, MO Newspaper, April 20, 1945-
Eugene Vernon Upton, Jr., 25, son of E.V. Upton, circuit court reporter, 1419 North Grant, was reported "killed in action" in the Pacific, in notification received by his parents from the Navy department today.
He was crazy about the Navy, and from a schoolboy had planned to make it a career. He was a Sea Scout in High School, a member of the first Sea Scout troop here; and he enlisted in the Navy on August 8, 1939, while a student at Teachers College, more than two years before the United States officially entered the war. His rating was aviation ordnance man first class.
He had three battle stars, for participation in the battles of Midway, the Coral Sea, and Santa Cruz, where he was taken off the sinking Hornet.
He was assigned to the Hornet the day it was commissioned, and was on it until the day it was sunk -- including the trip which carried the Doolittle fliers for their first raid on Tokyo.
After the loss of the Hornet, he was transferred to the Atlantic and made several trips on convoy duty to Casablanca. Several times he was assigned to land training stations, but always strained to get back to sea. Last September he was reassigned to duty in the Pacific, and on his way to Hawaii wrote home. "There is nothing in the world like a ship under your feet." He visited home for the last time just before that assignment last August.
His closest friend in Springfield, schoolmate and fellow Sea Scout, was Tommy Cribbs, who recently also was reported killed in action.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Mary Teresa Bouronill Upton, living with her parents at Watsonville, Calf.; his father here, one brother J.B. Upton, who was taken at Corregidor and has been a prisoner of the Japanese ever since; and a sister, Rosemary Upton, Drury student.
He was a member of the Immaculate Conception church here.
While a college student, Eugene and his brother Joseph B. enlisted shortly before Pearl Harbor. Eugene was first assigned to the newly commissioned aircraft carrier, the Hornet, before serving on the Franklin.
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From: Springfield, MO Newspaper March 20, 1944-
Eugene V Upton, Jr. aviation ordnance mate, first class, United States Navy, and Miss Mary Teresa Bouronill, Watsonville, Cal., were married March 17 in the Immaculate Conception church at Westerly, RI.
Mr. Upton is the son of Eugene V Upton, circuit court reporter. He has been in the Navy since August, 1939, and saw service on the Hornet from the time it was commissioned to its sinking. He was at home Christmas for a short visit. He was formerly a Sea Scout here, graduate of Senior High School and a student at STC (State Teachers College).
Mr. Upton met Miss Bouronill more than a year ago, when he was stationed at San Diego. He is now at an Atlantic station, where they will live at present.
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Rank AOM1C United States Navy
Aboard the USS Franklin CV-13
Eugene was lost at sea during the attack.
On March 19, 1945, off the coast of Shikoku, the Franklin was struck by two bombs which passed through the flight deck and detonated in the hanger. A terrific conflagration fed by gasoline in aircraft fuel tanks, together with detonations of a large number of heavy bombs and rockets loaded on aircraft, demolished a major part of the flight deck and wrecked the hanger and gallery deck spaces. Flooding from fire-fighting water caused a heavy list. All machinery spaces were evacuated because of smoke and heat, and all power failed. This is the worst damage which any United States warship has survived.
In all, 724 crewmen died, 265 were wounded. Casualities could have been worse were it not for the work of many heroic survivors.
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From: Springfield, MO Newspaper, April 20, 1945-
Eugene Vernon Upton, Jr., 25, son of E.V. Upton, circuit court reporter, 1419 North Grant, was reported "killed in action" in the Pacific, in notification received by his parents from the Navy department today.
He was crazy about the Navy, and from a schoolboy had planned to make it a career. He was a Sea Scout in High School, a member of the first Sea Scout troop here; and he enlisted in the Navy on August 8, 1939, while a student at Teachers College, more than two years before the United States officially entered the war. His rating was aviation ordnance man first class.
He had three battle stars, for participation in the battles of Midway, the Coral Sea, and Santa Cruz, where he was taken off the sinking Hornet.
He was assigned to the Hornet the day it was commissioned, and was on it until the day it was sunk -- including the trip which carried the Doolittle fliers for their first raid on Tokyo.
After the loss of the Hornet, he was transferred to the Atlantic and made several trips on convoy duty to Casablanca. Several times he was assigned to land training stations, but always strained to get back to sea. Last September he was reassigned to duty in the Pacific, and on his way to Hawaii wrote home. "There is nothing in the world like a ship under your feet." He visited home for the last time just before that assignment last August.
His closest friend in Springfield, schoolmate and fellow Sea Scout, was Tommy Cribbs, who recently also was reported killed in action.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Mary Teresa Bouronill Upton, living with her parents at Watsonville, Calf.; his father here, one brother J.B. Upton, who was taken at Corregidor and has been a prisoner of the Japanese ever since; and a sister, Rosemary Upton, Drury student.
He was a member of the Immaculate Conception church here.
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From: Springfield, MO Newspaper March 20, 1944-
Eugene V Upton, Jr. aviation ordnance mate, first class, United States Navy, and Miss Mary Teresa Bouronill, Watsonville, Cal., were married March 17 in the Immaculate Conception church at Westerly, RI.
Mr. Upton is the son of Eugene V Upton, circuit court reporter. He has been in the Navy since August, 1939, and saw service on the Hornet from the time it was commissioned to its sinking. He was at home Christmas for a short visit. He was formerly a Sea Scout here, graduate of Senior High School and a student at STC (State Teachers College).
Mr. Upton met Miss Bouronill more than a year ago, when he was stationed at San Diego. He is now at an Atlantic station, where they will live at present.
_________________________________________
Rank AOM1C United States Navy
Aboard the USS Franklin CV-13
Eugene was lost at sea during the attack.
On March 19, 1945, off the coast of Shikoku, the Franklin was struck by two bombs which passed through the flight deck and detonated in the hanger. A terrific conflagration fed by gasoline in aircraft fuel tanks, together with detonations of a large number of heavy bombs and rockets loaded on aircraft, demolished a major part of the flight deck and wrecked the hanger and gallery deck spaces. Flooding from fire-fighting water caused a heavy list. All machinery spaces were evacuated because of smoke and heat, and all power failed. This is the worst damage which any United States warship has survived.
In all, 724 crewmen died, 265 were wounded. Casualities could have been worse were it not for the work of many heroic survivors.
____________________________________
From: Springfield, MO Newspaper, April 20, 1945-
Eugene Vernon Upton, Jr., 25, son of E.V. Upton, circuit court reporter, 1419 North Grant, was reported "killed in action" in the Pacific, in notification received by his parents from the Navy department today.
He was crazy about the Navy, and from a schoolboy had planned to make it a career. He was a Sea Scout in High School, a member of the first Sea Scout troop here; and he enlisted in the Navy on August 8, 1939, while a student at Teachers College, more than two years before the United States officially entered the war. His rating was aviation ordnance man first class.
He had three battle stars, for participation in the battles of Midway, the Coral Sea, and Santa Cruz, where he was taken off the sinking Hornet.
He was assigned to the Hornet the day it was commissioned, and was on it until the day it was sunk -- including the trip which carried the Doolittle fliers for their first raid on Tokyo.
After the loss of the Hornet, he was transferred to the Atlantic and made several trips on convoy duty to Casablanca. Several times he was assigned to land training stations, but always strained to get back to sea. Last September he was reassigned to duty in the Pacific, and on his way to Hawaii wrote home. "There is nothing in the world like a ship under your feet." He visited home for the last time just before that assignment last August.
His closest friend in Springfield, schoolmate and fellow Sea Scout, was Tommy Cribbs, who recently also was reported killed in action.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Mary Teresa Bouronill Upton, living with her parents at Watsonville, Calf.; his father here, one brother J.B. Upton, who was taken at Corregidor and has been a prisoner of the Japanese ever since; and a sister, Rosemary Upton, Drury student.
He was a member of the Immaculate Conception church here.
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UPTON EUGENE V JR
AVN ORDNANCEMAN 1C - USN - MISSOURI
Name listed at the Columbia Memorial, National Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Entered the service from Missouri.
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