Furrs
Who Died In World War II
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ALBERT LESLIE FURR
Lineage: Herbert and Mary Furr, husband of Olive May
Furr of Warmambool, Victoria, Australia
Flight
Lieutenant
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (120th Squadron)
Letchworth,
1910 to October 4, 1943
Missing (Runnymede Memorial,
ARNET LEE
FURR
Lineage: Freeman Glen Furr, Jacob Furr, William Furr,
Jacob Furr, William Furr, Edwin Furr, William Furr, Thomas Furr, William Furr
First
Lieutenant
U.S. Army Air Forces (457th Bomber Group, Heavy, 749th
Bomber Squadron)
Veedersburg, Fountain County, Indiana
January 15, 1924 to November 8, 1944
Killed in
action while piloting the
Boeing Flying Fortress B-17 "Arf & Arf" (mid air collision)
Missing (monument American Military Cemetery,
Margraten, The Netherlands)
ARTHUR
JENNINGS FURR
Lineage: Henry Rufus Furr, Wilson Mathias Furr, Allen
Furr, Paul Furr, Paul Furr, Heinrich Furrer
Technical
Sergeant
U.S. Army Air Forces (1304th AAF Base Unit, Air Transport Command)
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
September 25, 1913 to August 28, 1944
Killed by a locomotive
in Barrackpore, India
Buried
CHARLES PRESSLEY FURR
Lineage: James
Herbert Furr, Charles Furr
Lieutenant
Colonel
U.S. Army (88th Infantry Division, 351st Infantry
Regiment)
Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina
December 31, 1917 to September 25, 1944
Killed during a skirmish with German
troops
near Mounte Pratolungo in
a small town in the mountains between
Buried Laurelwood Cemetery,
FORREST LINN FURR
Lineage: James Floyd Furr, Lemuel Furr, Lemuel Furr
Private
U.S. Army (Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Regiment)
Weston,
June 18, 1907 to
February 13, 1943
Died non-battle (gunshot wound to the head)
Buried
FRANK WRAY FURR
Lineage: Ben
Wray Furr, Randall Pierce Furr, Christian Jacob Furr, Leonard Furr, Heinrich Furrer
Corporal
U.S. Army Air Forces (987th Military Police Company, Aviation)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
April 29, 1917 to October 8, 1944
Died in a jeep accident in England
Buried
FRED
DICKSON FURR
Lineage: Clyde
Furr
Private
First Class
U.S. Army (66th Infantry Division, 262nd Infantry
Regiment)
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
September 18, 1925 to December 25, 1944
Died in the sinking of
the troopship S.S. Leopoldville
which was torpedoed in the English Channel
six miles north of Cherbourg, France
Missing (monument Normandy American Cemetery, St. Laurent-sur-Mer,
FREDERICK WALTER FURR
Lineage: son
of Annie Furr of Bozeat, Northamptonshire
Telegraphist
Royal Navy (H.M. Submarine Unbeaten)
Bozeat, Northamptonshire
November 15, 1918 to November 11, 1942
Died in the sinking of H.M. Submarine Unbeaten which was
mistaken for a German U-boat while en route from the Bay of Biscay
to rendezvous at Bishop Rock and bombed by an RAFD Wellington, no survivors
Missing (Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, United Kingdom)
HAROLD
CLAUDIAS FURR
Lineage: Henry
Clayton Furr, Kemp Bayliss Furr, Moses Buckner Furr, Moses Furr, William Furr,
Thomas Furr, William Furr
Sergeant
U.S. Army (3rd Armored Division, 33rd Armored Regiment)
Loudoun County, Virginia
1907 to September 12, 1944
Killed in Action
Buried Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
HENRY
EUGENE FURR
Lineage: William
Henry Furr, John W. Furr, Newton Furr, Abraham Furr, John Furr, Ephraim Furr,
William Furr, Thomas Furr, William Furr
Private
First Class
September 21, 1924 to
June 6, 1944
Killed in Action
Normandy, France
Buried Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
JAMES (JIM) HICKEY FURR
Lineage: Robert
Nathaniel Furr, James M. Furr, Levi Lee Furr, Wilson Mathias Furr, Paul Furr,
Paul Furr, Heinrich Furrer
Water
Tender Second Class
U.S. Navy
Texas
1923 to August 10, 1945
Wounded at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec. 1941, on
board the USS Helena.
Was killed 6 July, 1943, when Helena was sunk by a Japanese
submarine in the Battle of Kula Gulf.
Missing (monument
the former
JOHN DELTA FURR
Lineage: Earnest
Furr, Benton Furr, Bushrod Furr
Second Lieutenant
U.S. Army Air Corps (322nd Bomber Group, Medium, 451st
Bomber Squadron)
Orton, Gilmer County, West Virginia
October 4, 1916 to August 6, 1944
Killed in the crash of Lt. George Smith's
Martin Marauder B-26 which was hit by
intense, accurate flak over a
fuel dump in the Foret d'Andaine,
Buried
KENNETH
HOWARD FURR
Lineage: Dock Furr, Gaines Furr, Davidson Furr, John
Furr, John Dolan Furr, John Furr, Heinrich Furrer
Private
(66th
Infantry Division)
December 26,
1923 to August 14, 1944
Killed in Action
Buried
MAURICE NEWTON FURR, JR.
Lineage: Maurice Newton Furr, Isaac Newton Furr, Jr.,
Isaac Newton Furr, Isham Furr, Leonard Furr, Heinrich Furrer
Private First Class
(106th
Infantry Division)
March 25, 1923 to
February 11, 1945
Killed in Action
Hünningen,
Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Buried
OSCAR
HARRY “OTRIS” FURR
Lineage: Harry William
Furr, Enoch Chapman Furr, Newton Furr, Enoch Furr, William Furr, Thomas Furr,
William Furr
Machinist’s Mate First Class
December 15, 1902 to
November 13, 1942
Killed in the sinking
of the USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42) off the coast of
Buried
ROY MILNER
FURR
Lineage:
Leading Cook (S)
Royal Navy (H.M.S.
Melbreak)
Hitchin, North
Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire,
October 12, 1919 to
August 28, 1944
Killed when H.M.S.
Merlbreak was bombed while participating
in the blockade of the
port at
Missing (
TEDD MCKINLEY FURR
Lineage: Jackson Lafayette Furr, Enoch Taylor Furr,
Enoch Zackary Taylor Furr, Henry Furr, Jacob Furr, Heinrich Furrer
Chief
Carpenter’s Mate (AA)
U.S. Navy (USS Oklahoma, BB-37)
Sunflower, Washington County, Alabama
1904 to December 7, 1941
Killed aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Missing (monument Honolulu, Hawaii)
In 2020 his remains
were identified and returned to Mobile, Alabama
TROY
LEE FURR
Lineage: William
Covington Furr, Willis Solomon Furr, William Martin Furr, Levi Lee Furr, Paul
Furr, Paul Furr, Heinrich Furrer
Private
First Class
U.S. Army (70th Infantry Division, 275th Infantry
Regiment)
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
11 Jul 1923 to January 3, 1945
He entered service on March 10, 1944.
While serving as a machine gunner with the Heavy Weapons
Company, he was killed in action in France
Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina
WILBURN
EUGENE FURR
Lineage: Arthur Jason Furr, Mathias Franklin Furr,
Mathias Furr, Tobias Furr, Henry Furr, John Furr, Heinrich Furrer
2nd
Lieutenant
U. S. Army Air Corps (487th Bomber Group, 836th Bomber
Squadron)
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
30 Jan 1920 to September 30, 1944
Co-Pilot, B-17G,
Heavenly Body
Killed in action during mission to Bielefeld, Westphalia, Germany
Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina
WILLIAM
CLEVELAND FURR
Lineage: Turner
Sergeant
U.S. Army (32nd
Infantry Division, 128th Infantry Regiment)
Arlington County, Virginia
October 6, 1911 to March 29, 1945
Killed in Action on
the Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippines
Buried
the former
WILLIAM
FRAZIER FURR
Lineage: Esta
Furr, William Meek Furr, Allison Furr, John Furr, Henry Furr, Heinrich Furrer
Staff
Sergeant
U.S. Army (78th Infantry Division, 309th Infantry
Regiment)
Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi
July 10, 1921 to February 10, 1945
Hit in the shoulder by a piece of shrapnel
near the Schwammenauel Dam, Germany.
He was treated by a medic but died on the way to an aid station.
Buried
WILLIE RAY FURR
Lineage:
Private
First Class
U.S. Army (85th Infantry Division, 337th Infantry
Regiment)
North Carolina
1920 to June 3, 1944
Killed in Action
Buried Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy