Individual Details
James Hickey "Jim" FURR
(19 Mar 1923 - 6 Jul 1943)
Events
| Birth | 19 Mar 1923 | Collin County, TX | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | implement company pickup boy - Dallas, Dallas County, TX | |||
| Death | 6 Jul 1943 | Solomon Islands |  |  | |
| 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
M’KINNEY (sic), July 26. — Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Furr of the Foote Community, west of McKinney, have learned from the Navy Department that their son, Jim Hickey Furr, water tender, second class, is missing in action. He had seen service on the Helena, lost in the first battle of Kula gulf in the Solomons. Born in Collin County May 19, 1923, he enlisted two and a half years ago and had been in nine major engagements. He was wounded at Pearl Harbor.Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, July 27, 1943
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. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas.
2. findagrave.com.