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CPL Earl Pinckney Furman Jr.

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CPL Earl Pinckney Furman Jr. Veteran

Birth
Allendale, Allendale County, South Carolina, USA
Death
7 Nov 1944 (aged 22)
Burial
Allendale, Allendale County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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WORLD WAR II
Army Air Forces
Corporal Furman was serving as chief radio operator and waist gunner on a B-24 Liberator with the 13th Air Force. He was wounded on November 4 and died three days later on Noemfoor Island, New Guinea.

Son of Earl Pinckney and Mona Pate Furman.

ALLENDALE - Cpl. Earl P. Furman, Jr., of Allendale, is reported by the War Department to have died Nov. 7 on Noemfoor Island, New Guinea. He was wounded on November 4 and died as a result of his injuries.

Cpl. Furman attended Clemson two years and was a student at Wofford when he volunteered for the service in March, 1943. At the time of his death he was chief radio operator and waist gunnery. He has been awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.
WORLD WAR II
Army Air Forces
Corporal Furman was serving as chief radio operator and waist gunner on a B-24 Liberator with the 13th Air Force. He was wounded on November 4 and died three days later on Noemfoor Island, New Guinea.

Son of Earl Pinckney and Mona Pate Furman.

ALLENDALE - Cpl. Earl P. Furman, Jr., of Allendale, is reported by the War Department to have died Nov. 7 on Noemfoor Island, New Guinea. He was wounded on November 4 and died as a result of his injuries.

Cpl. Furman attended Clemson two years and was a student at Wofford when he volunteered for the service in March, 1943. At the time of his death he was chief radio operator and waist gunnery. He has been awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.

Inscription

CPL of 13th Air Force
307th Bomb Group
Killed on New Guinea

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