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Personal info

Full name
TIMMONS, Watson Sr
Date of birth
4 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Florence County, South Carolina
Hometown
Timmonsville, Florence County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34967360
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Longvilly, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 22

Immediate family

Members
Albert O. Timmons (father)
Vendel (Matthews) Timmons (mother)
Albert L. Timmons (brother)
Jessie B. Timmons (brother)
Susie B. Timmons (sister)
Dallas E. Timmons (brother)
Lula M. Timmons (sister)
Hubert E. Timmons (brother)
Charles H. Timmons (brother)
Vendel Timmons (sister)
Elloree (Strickland) Timmons (wife)
Watson Timmons Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Watson Simmons Sr. was a foreman before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 1 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Freeman Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Sondra McKay Hayes