Conrad Christopher SIMMONS
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-170928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE | 44 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 6 April 1900 Brooklyn, Kings County, NEW YORK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ETAT | NEW YORK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FAMILY |
Parents: Waldemar Moe & Mary Elizabeth LANGTHORN Siblings: Kate Cameron, Margaret Moe, Sara Isabel, Edward Brooks & Elizabeth M | |||||||||||||||||||||||
RANK | Lieutenant Colonel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FONCTION | Infantry Commander | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Road Contractor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 21 Apr 1919 New York NEW YORK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY | HeadQuarters Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BATTALION | 1st Battalion | |||||||||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 8th Regiment Infantry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DIVISION | 4th Division Infantry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ARMY | 1st Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 24 June 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Southeast of Cherbourg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conrad Simmons was born to Waldemar Moe Simmons and Mary Elizabeth Langthorn in 1900 in Brooklyn, New York City. Conrad lived in NYC his whole life and eventually applied for officers training as WWI was ending. He was commissioned as an officer in late 1918 and served in the Army as a Second Lieutenant until being discharged in 1919. Knowing the war was over, but still wanting to be a part of the military, Conrad enlisted in the New York National Guard in 1919 with the 51st New York Machine Gun Squadron. During this time back in New York, he studied at Columbia University, earning a Bachelors of Science and starting up a road construction company. Eventually, the machine gun squadron was converted into the 101st New York Anti Tank Battalion, and Conrad was named its commander. The 101st was federalized in 1941 and attached to the 8th Infantry Regiment, which was sent overseas. Conrad and the 8th participated in the D-Day landing on Utah Beach and pushed through to the Cherbourg area in the following weeks. In an assault to take a strong point east of Cherbourg on the 24th of June, 1944, the 8th lost 37 men, including Conrad. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4th INFANTRY DIVISION - IVY
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | 8th Division Organization, Utah Beach to Cherbourg, familysearch.org, findagrave.com Garrett MAST - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
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PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |