Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Easley, Hurshel 1942
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Independent Enterprise
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, August 16, 1945

SONE OFFICIALLY DECLARED DEAD

Mrs. Easley Receives Word This Week

Hurshel Easley, S 1C, who has been carried on Navy records as “missing in 
action” for three years has been officially declared dead according to a letter 
received this week by his mother, Mrs. Sylvia M. Easley, 224 So. Eighth St. 
from the Navy department.

The letter follows:
“My Dear Mrs. Easley:”

“Your son, Hurshel Easley, Seaman first class, United States Navy, has been 
carried on the official records of the Navy Department in the status of missing 
in action since 9 August 1942.  He was serving on board the USS Jarvis when 
that vessel was damaged as the result of enemy air attacks off Guadalcanal on 8 
August 1942.  The vessel was last seen by a ship on patrol, in the early 
morning of 9 August 1942, presumably enroute to the repair base at Noumea, New 
Caledonia.  The Jarvis never reached the repair base and an intensive search by 
ships and aircraft failed to locate any trace of the missing ship or of the 
personnel aboard the ship.  However, in the absence of conclusive evidence of 
death, your son was placed in the missing status.  

In view of the length of time that has elapsed since your son was reported to 
be missing in action, and because there have been no official nor unconfirmed 
reports that any of the personnel of the ship survived or were taken prisoners 
of war, and in view of the fact that the area the USS Jarvis normally would 
have traversed has increasingly come under Allied surveillance since 9 August 
1942, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that your son is deceased.  In 
compliance with Section 5 of Public law 490, 77th Congress, as amended, the 
death of your son, for the purposes of termination of pay and allowances, 
settlement of accounts and payment of death gratuities, presumably to have 
occurred on 12 July 1945.  

I extend my deepest sympathy to you in your sorrow.  It is hoped that you may 
find comfort in the knowledge that your son gave his life for his country, 
upholding the highest traditions of the Navy.  

Sincerely yours,
Artemus L. Gates.

Mrs. Easley has lived in this city four years.  Her son visited her here in 
1942 shortly before he left on the ill-fated cruise overseas.   


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