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Personal info

Full name
SIMMONS, Robert
Date of birth
15 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Peoria County, Illinois
Hometown
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36447017
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Germain, Froidetere and Lemont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 13

Immediate family

Members
Merritt Simmons (father)
Lucille Simmons (mother)
Ralph Simmons (brother)
Walter Simmons (brother)
Dorothy Simmons (sister)
Ruth Simmons (sister)
George Simmons (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert Simmons attended high school for four years and was a metal worker employed by Wahlfeld Lumber Co. before he enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 6 February 1943.

He was killed of wounds caused by a landmine.

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