Harold Brown Simmons
Electrician's Mate Third Class Navy World War II
- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Rank
- Electrician's Mate Third Class
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 10/14/1943 – 06/06/1946
- Date of Birth
- 07/23/1925
- Date of Death
- 05/09/2014
- Hometown
- Claibourne, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- American Theater Ribbon (1 Star), European, African, Middle Eastern Ribbon (1 Star), 2 Theater Campaign Medals.
- Burial Location
- Claibourne Twp: Bethlehem (Claibourne Cemetery)
- Monument Paver
- No
- 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)
- Township (entering service)
- Claibourne
- Township (current / at death)
- Claibourne
- Church
- Richwood First Baptist
- School
- Richwood High School
- Record Authenticated
- No
Biography
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.
Source: No DD-214 found in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 12/27/2007 | obit Marysville JT 05/12/2014; Ancestry - Find A Grave