George Hura, Jr.

Escambia County Sheriff's Office — Pensacola, FL

Cardiac Veteran

End of Watch May 4, 2004

Age 56

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Lieutenant George Hura suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a critical incident training exercise using simunitions.

One of the training scenarios had just been completed when Lieutenant Hura collapsed. He was flown to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Lieutenant Hura was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran during the Vietnam War. He had served with the Escambia County Sheriff's Department for 27 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and five children.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Lieutenant Hura gave the Escambia County Sheriff's Office 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pensacola community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Escambia County Sheriff's Office

Location Pensacola, FL

Platform Identity ecso.escambia.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 4, 2004

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 56

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

George Hura, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Lieutenant George Hura, Jr. is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 62 of 1,008 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.2% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Escambia County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 13 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 23.1% of this agency's fallen.

Escambia County Sheriff's Office

of 13 officers

23.1% Cardiac

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

6.2% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac