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Submitted: 5/27/22 • Approved: 5/28/22 • Last Updated: 5/31/22 • R516001-G0-S3
Mississippi
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS Company E 3 Infantry
World War II
February 19, 1927-October 24, 1961
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Hereford Man Dies of Fumes
HEREFORD, Oct. 25 - Funeral services are pending for James Levon Durham, 34, of 606 Miles, who was overcome by fumes in a grain bin at the Hereford Grain Co. Tuesday evening.
Durham was pronounced dead about 8 p.m. Tuesday after apparently falling from a ladder on which he was climbing out of a 10-foot bin.
Another grain firm employee, A.B. Carr, managed to get out of the bin after he noted strong fumes. A rescue attempt by an employee, Jamie Clearman, failed when Clearman had to leave the bin before securing a rope around Durham.
Resuscitation efforts by the Hereford Fire Department on Durham failed.
Durham is survived by his wife, Erika, and two daughters, Betty, 7, and Jamie, 2.
He was a veteran of World War II and a baptist.
The Gililland Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 25 Oct 1961, Wed - Page 2)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: James Levon Durham
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 34
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1927
Birth Place: Mississippi
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 24 Oct 1961
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: J F Durham
Mother: Cora Lee Edwards
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James Levon Durham
[James L Durham]
[James Durham]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1927
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Mississippi
[Philadelphia|]
Death Date: 24 Oct 1961
Claim Date: 26 Oct 1961
Father: Jessie F Durham
Mother: Cora L Edwards
Notes: Jan 1952: Name listed as JAMES LEVON DURHAM; 25 Oct 1961: Name listed as JAMES L DURHAM; 28 Dec 1987: Name listed as JAMES DURHAM
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Name: James Levon Durham
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1927
Service Number: 44 139 557
Service Branch: Army
Unit: Co E. 3rd Inf. AUS 10th Const. Sq.
Enlistment Date: 6 Jan 1948
Discharge Date: 15 Jan 1952
Death Date: 24 Oct 1961
Cemetery: West Park Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Hereford, Texas, USA
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