Individual Details
James Hickey "Jim" FURR
(1923 - 6 Jul 1943)
Events
| Birth | 1923 | Texas | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | implement company pickup boy - Dallas, Dallas County, TX | |||
| Death | 6 Jul 1943 |  | |||
| Burial | Walnut Grove Cemetery, Rhea Mills, Collin County, TX | |  | ||
| Military | Water Tender Second Class, U.S. Navy - in World War II |
Families
| Father | Robert Nathaniel FURR (1891 - 1974) |
| Mother | Norma Catherine HICKEY (1894 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Robert Francis FURR (1918 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Winston Hoyl FURR (1920 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Norma Ruth FURR (1930 - 2015) |
Notes
Death
Wounded at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec. 1941, on board the USS Helena. He was killed 6 July, 1943, when Helena was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Battle of Kula Gulf. Missing (monument Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Republic of the Philippines within the limits of Fort Bonifacio, the former U.S. Army Fort William McKinley)Burial
Water Tender Second ClassU.S. Navy
Texas
1923 to 6 July, 1943
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 Manila American Cemetery,
Manila, Republic of the Philippines within the limits of Fort Bonifacio,
the former U.S. Army Fort William McKinley)
Endnotes
1. findagrave.com.