Individual Details
Willie Ray FURR
(17 Jan 1920 - 3 Jun 1944)
Events
| Birth | 17 Jan 1920 | Stanly County, NC |  | ||
| Death | 3 Jun 1944 | Italy |  | | |
| 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
ALBEMARLE: July 5. — Parents of two Stanly county men received notification during the past few days that their sons had been killed in action. The men, one an infantryman in Italy, the other an air force pilot, are Pfc. Willie Ray Furr, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Furr, route 1, New London, and Lt. James Boyd Kendall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Kendall, of Norwood. Private Furr, reported wounded May 15, was killed June 3, only one day after he had returned to duty from an army hospital in Italy. Lieutenant Kendall had been missing in action since June 24, 1943, and is now presumed dead by the war department.News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, July 6, 1944
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
Burial
Private First Class, U.S. Army (85th Infantry Division, 337th Infantry Regiment)Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
2. News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina.
3. 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..
4. findagrave.com.