Pvt. Eugene Brickley MIA/KIA Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941.
Unit Marine Detachment, USS Arizona BB-39,
Home: Grapevine, Texas.
Mother: Silvia Brickley
Service ID: 290538.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese carrier-based aircraft launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base and ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During the attack, the USS Arizona (BB-39) was struck by eight armor-piercing bombs. One penetrated the Arizona's deck near its No. 2 turret, causing a large explosion that destroyed the forward half of the ship and started a fire that burned for two days. It is thought that most of the Arizona's crew members died instantly during the explosion. More than 1,100 sailors and Marines were lost along with the ship.
Private Eugene Brickley, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Texas, was aboard the Arizona at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack and was one of the men lost with the ship. Today, Private Brickley is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and also USS Arizona Memorial
Eugene Brickley was born in Texas in May 1922, but his family moved to Indiana that same year. At the time of the 1930 Census his parents, Keith Brickley and Sylvia Finley Brickley, worked at an electric factory in Fort Wayne. They also had a daughter.
Eugene graduated.from Rockcreek High School in Wells County, Indiana, in 1939. The spring 1940 Census said he worked four weeks in 1939 washing cars at a garage. He enlisted in the Marines in July 1940.
Mr. Brickley served on the U.S.S. Arizona, where he was a member of the whale boat rowing team. It was runner-up in the Pacific fleet championship races in the fall of 1941. A widely shared photo shows the well-muscled, shirtless team members posing with oars and a life preserver ring.
Mr. Brickley was a gunnery private when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
His high school class attended his memorial service at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Uniondale in January 1942.
Sources: The Star Press of Muncie, the Cincinnati Enquirer, University of Arizona Special Collections Library; Census; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Unit Marine Detachment, USS Arizona BB-39,
Home: Grapevine, Texas.
Mother: Silvia Brickley
Service ID: 290538.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese carrier-based aircraft launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base and ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During the attack, the USS Arizona (BB-39) was struck by eight armor-piercing bombs. One penetrated the Arizona's deck near its No. 2 turret, causing a large explosion that destroyed the forward half of the ship and started a fire that burned for two days. It is thought that most of the Arizona's crew members died instantly during the explosion. More than 1,100 sailors and Marines were lost along with the ship.
Private Eugene Brickley, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Texas, was aboard the Arizona at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack and was one of the men lost with the ship. Today, Private Brickley is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and also USS Arizona Memorial
Eugene Brickley was born in Texas in May 1922, but his family moved to Indiana that same year. At the time of the 1930 Census his parents, Keith Brickley and Sylvia Finley Brickley, worked at an electric factory in Fort Wayne. They also had a daughter.
Eugene graduated.from Rockcreek High School in Wells County, Indiana, in 1939. The spring 1940 Census said he worked four weeks in 1939 washing cars at a garage. He enlisted in the Marines in July 1940.
Mr. Brickley served on the U.S.S. Arizona, where he was a member of the whale boat rowing team. It was runner-up in the Pacific fleet championship races in the fall of 1941. A widely shared photo shows the well-muscled, shirtless team members posing with oars and a life preserver ring.
Mr. Brickley was a gunnery private when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
His high school class attended his memorial service at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Uniondale in January 1942.
Sources: The Star Press of Muncie, the Cincinnati Enquirer, University of Arizona Special Collections Library; Census; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Pvt. Eugene Brickley MIA/KIA Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941.
Unit Marine Detachment, USS Arizona BB-39,
Home: Grapevine, Texas.
Mother: Silvia Brickley
Service ID: 290538.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese carrier-based aircraft launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base and ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During the attack, the USS Arizona (BB-39) was struck by eight armor-piercing bombs. One penetrated the Arizona's deck near its No. 2 turret, causing a large explosion that destroyed the forward half of the ship and started a fire that burned for two days. It is thought that most of the Arizona's crew members died instantly during the explosion. More than 1,100 sailors and Marines were lost along with the ship.
Private Eugene Brickley, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Texas, was aboard the Arizona at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack and was one of the men lost with the ship. Today, Private Brickley is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and also USS Arizona Memorial
Eugene Brickley was born in Texas in May 1922, but his family moved to Indiana that same year. At the time of the 1930 Census his parents, Keith Brickley and Sylvia Finley Brickley, worked at an electric factory in Fort Wayne. They also had a daughter.
Eugene graduated.from Rockcreek High School in Wells County, Indiana, in 1939. The spring 1940 Census said he worked four weeks in 1939 washing cars at a garage. He enlisted in the Marines in July 1940.
Mr. Brickley served on the U.S.S. Arizona, where he was a member of the whale boat rowing team. It was runner-up in the Pacific fleet championship races in the fall of 1941. A widely shared photo shows the well-muscled, shirtless team members posing with oars and a life preserver ring.
Mr. Brickley was a gunnery private when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
His high school class attended his memorial service at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Uniondale in January 1942.
Sources: The Star Press of Muncie, the Cincinnati Enquirer, University of Arizona Special Collections Library; Census; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Unit Marine Detachment, USS Arizona BB-39,
Home: Grapevine, Texas.
Mother: Silvia Brickley
Service ID: 290538.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese carrier-based aircraft launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base and ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During the attack, the USS Arizona (BB-39) was struck by eight armor-piercing bombs. One penetrated the Arizona's deck near its No. 2 turret, causing a large explosion that destroyed the forward half of the ship and started a fire that burned for two days. It is thought that most of the Arizona's crew members died instantly during the explosion. More than 1,100 sailors and Marines were lost along with the ship.
Private Eugene Brickley, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Texas, was aboard the Arizona at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack and was one of the men lost with the ship. Today, Private Brickley is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and also USS Arizona Memorial
Eugene Brickley was born in Texas in May 1922, but his family moved to Indiana that same year. At the time of the 1930 Census his parents, Keith Brickley and Sylvia Finley Brickley, worked at an electric factory in Fort Wayne. They also had a daughter.
Eugene graduated.from Rockcreek High School in Wells County, Indiana, in 1939. The spring 1940 Census said he worked four weeks in 1939 washing cars at a garage. He enlisted in the Marines in July 1940.
Mr. Brickley served on the U.S.S. Arizona, where he was a member of the whale boat rowing team. It was runner-up in the Pacific fleet championship races in the fall of 1941. A widely shared photo shows the well-muscled, shirtless team members posing with oars and a life preserver ring.
Mr. Brickley was a gunnery private when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
His high school class attended his memorial service at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Uniondale in January 1942.
Sources: The Star Press of Muncie, the Cincinnati Enquirer, University of Arizona Special Collections Library; Census; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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