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Full name
SIMMONS, James Underwood
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland
Hometown
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
6883591
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riquewihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 5 14

Immediate family

Members
James R. Simmons (father)
Margaret L. (Callaway) Simmons (mother)
Carlton J. Simmons (brother)
Arthur C. Simmons (brother)
Arthur C. Simmons (brother)
June K. Simmons (sister)
Charles R. Selmes (half-brother)
Margaret C. (Miller) Simmons (wife)
James R. Simmons (son)

More information

T/Sgt James U. Simmons joined the Regular Army.

In 1940, he was stationed at Fort Myer in Virginia and in 1942 he was with a U.S. Cavalry unit in the South Pacific.

His half-brother Charles R. Selmes is buried at the American Military Cemetery of Margraten, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Carlea McTaggart