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Personal info

Full name
SIMMONS, Glenn
Date of birth
9 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
London, Pope County, Arkansas
Hometown
Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38590687
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Manonviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 10

Immediate family

Members
James L. Simmons (father)
Nettie I. (Nordin) Simmons (mother)
Lois M. Simmons (sister)
Reba P. Simmons (sister)
Paul Simmons (brother)
James E. Simmons (brother)
Ruth E. Simmons (sister)

More information

Pvt Glenn Simmons attended high school for four years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 25 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ancestors of Penny Nordin / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy