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Personal info

Full name
SIMMONS, Bufard Caroll
Date of birth
20 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Granger County, Tennessee
Hometown
Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34186432
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
612th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Honsfeld, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Andy Simmons (father)
Cornia Simmons (mother)
Delmer Simmons (brother)
Manning Simmons (brother)
Glenn Simmons (brother)
Hallie Simmons (sister)
Elsie Simmons (sister)

More information

Pfc Bufard C. Simmons enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 23 January 1942. He was overseas for only seven months when he was killed.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Card, The Kingsport Times 28 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, the Knoxville News Sentinel 2 May 1945