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Personal info

Full name
SIMPSON, Harold Thomas
Date of birth
7 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15195784
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 16

Immediate family

Members
Jesse B. Simpson (father)
Anna I. (Brown) Simpson (mother)
Virginia I. Simpson (sister)
Jessie M. Simpson (sister)
Mary L. Simpson (sister)
Sharon Simpson (sister)

More information

Harold T. Simpson attended high school for one year and manufactured electrical equipmant.

He joined the National Guard at Patterson Field, Ohio on 13 August 1942.

He was killed when a shell hit the tank.

He is also remembered at Arlington National Cemetery.

Source of information: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Johnson Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Antoine Nouens