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Personal info

Full name
SIMMONS, Charles Richard
Date of birth
1 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
DePeyster, St. Lawrence County, New York
Hometown
Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence County, New York

Military service

Service number
42120814
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbacher Heck-Dom Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 15 6

Immediate family

Members
Fred Simmons (father)
Bertha M. (Chambers) Simmons (mother)
Aldona E. Simmons (sister)
Vivian Simmons (sister)
Margery B. Simmons (half sister)
Lucy P. Simmons (half sister)
Frederick H. Simmons (half brother)
Hilda B. (Paonessa) Simmons (wife)
Joseph Simmons (son)
Stanley R. Simmons (son)
Hilda M. Simmons (daughter)
Ronald A. Simmons (son)
Stella M. Simmons (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles R. Simmons attended Heuvelton High School and was employed by the Cleveland Container Co

He enlisted in Utica, New York on 20 January 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944


Pvt Simmons had five small children, Joseph, 9; Stanley, 6; Hilda Mae, 5; Ronald, 3 and Stella Marie, 18 months.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Record, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - Ogdensburg Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - Ogdensburg Journal