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Personal info

Full name
FURR, Harold Claudius
Date of birth
24 February 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Mountville, Loudoun County, Virginia
Hometown
Round Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33044973
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Roetgen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 14

Immediate family

Members
Henry C. Furr (father)
Eva E. (Brown) Furr (mother)
Alice Furr (wife)
Harold C. Furr (son)

More information

Sgt Harold C. Furr attended high school for four years and worked for the Virginia Highway Department.

He enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 28 May 1941, the same day as his younger brother Rodney. Both brothers served in de same regiment.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Furr Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Dwight Anderson