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Personal info

Full name
SIMMONS, Clarence Powell
Date of birth
25 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Mississippi
Hometown
Arkansas County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
6286097
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
North of Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 14 55

Immediate family

Members
Reuben P. Simmons (father)
Daisy G. (Powell) Simmons (mother)
Reuben P. Simmons (brother)
Alfred L. Simmons (brother)
Dorothy E. Simmons (sister)
Harvey Bonner (half-brother)
Jewell L. (Boyd) Simmons (wife)
Willie L. Simmons (son)

More information

S/Sgt Clarence P. Simmons joined the Regular Army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 28 October 1940.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Debbie Hodges, Willie Lee Simmons (son)