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Personal info

Full name
SIMMONS, Ray Ivy
Date of birth
22 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
18209747
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 60

Immediate family

Members
Robert C. Simmons (father)
Cleo H. (Clark) Simmons (mother)
Robert C. Simmons (brother)
Roy W. Simmons (brother)
Billie E. Simmons (sister)

More information

Pfc Ray I. Simmons was employed in the mailing room of the Times before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Shreveport, Louisiana on 3 December 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Teresa Lynn Strong Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – John Andrew Prime, www.newspapers.com – The Times - 1 February 1945, www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – Teresa Strong Quick Dufrene