In August 1918, while serving as a pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron during World War I, he was killed in aerial combat over France.

As a junior in 1915, Curry led Vanderbilt to a record-setting season in which they scored 514 points in 510 minutes of actual playing time, "ranking them as a legitimate 'point-a-minute' team.

The players complained about the lack of food on the train, and the team's manager picked three or four hatfuls of green apples from an orchard near the tracks.

Near the end of the last quarter, when Clark punted, Curry received the ball on his own 20-yard line and ran 80 yards for a touchdown.

"[11] At the end of the 1915 season, Curry was selected as a first-team All-Southern back by all ten Southern sporting writers in a composite poll published by The Atlanta Constitution.

[15] At the end of the 1916 season, Curry was selected as an All-Southern quarterback and as a third-team All-American by Walter Camp for Collier's Weekly.

Curry would have graduated with Vanderbilt's Class of 1918, but he enlisted in the military when the United States entered World War I in 1917.

[5] Curry joined the 95th Aero Squadron in the village of Saints as a pilot, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant.

[2][20] Curry's remains were initially buried at Atz, France, but were subsequently removed to a military cemetery at Château-Thierry.

In August 1921, Curry's remains were removed and reburied in a cemetery in his hometown of Marlin, Texas.

[21] For many years after Curry's death, Vanderbilt's football coach Dan McGugin had three photographs displayed over his desk.

An open space called "Curry Field" still exists on the site on the Vanderbilt University campus.