William Joseph Simmons

Military

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Units served with

A-26 Invaders, including (serial number 43-22575) of the 47th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force lined up in Italy.

47th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

86th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'

Grosetto

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Grosetto Main

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wickliffe, KY 6 October 1919

Enlisted

9 October 1940

Died

La Center, KY 20 March 2006 Tuesday, March 21, 2006 LA CENTER, Ky. ? Joseph William ?Billy Joe? Simmons, 86, of La Center died at 2:15 p.m. Monday at Life Care Center of La Center. Mr. Simmons was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Barlow, where he was a deacon. He was a former board member of Ballard County Farm Bureau. Surviving are his wife, Lunelle Jennings Simmons; a son, Keith Barton Simmons of Nashville, Tenn.; a daughter, Jan Simmons Sears of Henderson; two sisters, Betty Lou Stewart of Jackson, Tenn., and Katherine Steilberg of Louisville; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jesse Lane Simmons; two brothers; and a sister. His parents were William Simmons and Mattie Lee Simmons. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Antioch Baptist Church in Barlow with the Rev. Robert Bickford officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Barlow.

Buried

Barlow, KY 23 March 2006 Antioch Baptist Cemetery Ballard County, Kentucky, USA

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57745738/joseph-william-simmons
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/47189935/person/190071…
"47th Bomb Group"- Turner Publishing, page 92