Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Harold Brown Simmons

BranchNavy
RankElectrician's Mate Third Class
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service10/14/1943 – 06/06/1946
Date of Birth07/23/1925
Date of Death05/09/2014
HometownClaibourne, OH
AwardsAmerican Theater Ribbon (1 Star), European, African, Middle Eastern Ribbon (1 Star), 2 Theater Campaign Medals.
Burial LocationClaibourne Twp: Bethlehem (Claibourne Cemetery)
Monument PaverNo
SourceNo DD-214 found in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 12/27/2007 | obit Marysville JT 05/12/2014; Ancestry - Find A Grave

Overseas service: (ASW) Antisubmarine warfare; N. Atlantic, aboard Destroyer Escort U.S.S. Inch; Task Force Group 22.5, Division 13. (2 kills: U-490 and U-154. Enemy from U-490 [June 13, 1944] taken as prisoners aboard three of our Destroyer Escorts, but crew of; U-154 were lost [July 3, 1944] to depth-charge attack and hedgehog high contact explosives). Church: Richwood First Baptist. School: Richwood High School.

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument