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Personal info

Full name
DE SIMONE, Frank William
Date of birth
19 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31363914
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Flossdorf-Barmen-Koslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 8 20

Immediate family

Members
Pasquale De Simone (father)
Fortutina De Simone (mother)
Frances G. De Simone (sister)
Rose M. De Simone (sister)
Alice D. De Simone (sister)
John J. De Simone (brother)
Salvator De Simone (brother)
Louis De Simone (brother)
Robert A. De Simone (brother)

More information

Frank W. De Simone worked in a shoe factory.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 June 1943.

Pfc De Simone was on board of an ambulance that was shot at during a transport of wounded men.

Pfc De Simone was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 30 November 1944. He was given his final resting place on 18 January 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Social Security Death Index / 1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Peter Walters