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Personal info

Full name
SIMPSON, Floyd C
Date of birth
11 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Grant County, Kentucky
Hometown
District 2, Owen County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15054409
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Differten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 46 32

Immediate family

Members
Webb A. Simpson (father)
Pearl (Roland) Simpson (mother)
Bertha Simpson (stepmother)
Johnny Simpson (brother)
Leslie G. Simpson (brother)
Rama Simpson (sister)
Margie Simpson (sister)
Edwin G. Simpson (half brother)
Lettie L. Simpson (half sister)
David K. Simpson (half brother)
Rosalio Simpson (half sister)
Gary S. Simpson (half brother)

More information

T/Sgt Floyd C. Simpson enlisted in the Regular Army at Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 13 August 1940.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Deborah Mc Kay Family Tree / Kentucky Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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