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Personal info

Full name
SIMON, Anton Carl
Date of birth
23 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Fillmore County, Minnesota
Hometown
Fillmore County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37771453
Rank
Private
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
Crossing Dortmund-Ems Canal near Waltrop, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 5 5

Immediate family

Members
Hugh A. Simon (father)
Ellen A. (Rafoth) Simon (mother)
James H. Simon (brother)
William E. Simon (brother)
Eugene F. Simon (brother)
Theodore J. Simon (brother)
Jerry Simon (brother)
Clair Simon (brother)
Helen Simon (sister)
Ann Simon (sister)

More information

Pvt Anton C. Simon enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 4 August 1944.

He grew up on the family farm and had earned the family nickname of 'Beaner'. Upon enlistment he had completed 4 years of high school where he was on the 1943 football team.

Pvt Simon was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, Mike Heppelmann, www.wwiimemorial.com,
http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#3, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, Lt. Gen Mark Hertling, 2012 Memorial Day Speech at Margraten

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lt. Gen Mark Hertling