Individual Details
Willie Ray FURR
(17 Jan 1920 - 3 Jun 1944)
Events
Birth | 17 Jan 1920 | Stanly County, NC | |||
Death | 3 Jun 1944 | ||||
Military | in World War II | ||||
Burial | Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Lazio, Italy |
Families
Father | Marshall Lemuel FURR (1892 - 1957) |
Mother | Rosa Jane FURR (1894 - 1967) |
Sibling | Haston Marshall FURR (1913 - 1917) |
Sibling | Shuford L. FURR (1914 - 1916) |
Sibling | Geneva M. FURR (1916 - 1917) |
Sibling | Daniel Monroe FURR (1918 - 1984) |
Sibling | Lillie Mae FURR (1920 - 1999) |
Sibling | Lula Agnes FURR (1921 - 2001) |
Sibling | Vera FURR (1924 - 2010) |
Sibling | Ruby Jane FURR (1926 - 2003) |
Sibling | Robert James FURR (1927 - 1979) |
Sibling | Callie Lee FURR (1930 - 1930) |
Sibling | Ollie Lillian FURR (1930 - 1934) |
Sibling | Nellie Marie FURR (1933 - 2015) |
Sibling | Louis Elwood FURR (1935 - 1999) |
Notes
Death
Private First Class, U.S. Army (85th Infantry Division, 337th Infantry Regiment)Buried Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Italy
Military
Name: Willie R FurrBirth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Stanly
Enlistment Date: 25 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: South Carolina
Enlistment City: Camp Croft
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Actor
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 60
Weight: 108
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
2. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD..
3. findagrave.com.