CRASH KILLS OHIOAN
GALLIPOLIS, O. (AP) --- An automobile hit a culvert near Coalton yesterday and threw
Harry W. Simons, 27, Columbus, to his death.
The driver, Clarence B. Brown, 27. Columbus, was brought to Holzer
hospital here with head injuries.
[The Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, 25 Oct 1948, Mon, Page 14] |
Cemetery record, headstone application and
grave marker for Harry W. Simons in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus (Franklin
county), Ohio.
Harry enlisted in the Army at Columbus, OH
on 11 November 1942.
On 18 September 44, Pvt Simons was
transferred from Hq 82nd Airborne Division, Leicester, England to Service
Company, 508th PIR. He was subsequently transferred to Company D on 8
December 1944.
He was promoted to the grade of Pfc on 20
January 1945.
Pfc Simons was wounded in action on 28
January and evacuated to a field hospital,
Still hospitalized, Pfc Simons was
transferred to the hospital's Detachment of Patients on 29 April 1945.
He did not return to the regiment.
His military decorations include the
Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge awarded for action during the
campaign, 18 December 1944 to 20 February 1945, effective 16 January 1945
and the Good Conduct Medal. |