KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

PVT Walter Lee Simmons

15th Infantry Regiment
F CO 2 BN
Army
Non-hostile, Died Other Causes
Date Of Loss: June 24, 1953
Service Number: US53151359
Born: December 31, 1929
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Griffin, Georgia
Town Or Area: Kirin-Gol
Burial Location
Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Rover, Ga

Comments: Private Simmons was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On June 24, 1953, he suffocated when his bunker collapsed near Kirin-gol, North Korea.

Son of Thomas Simmons and Lottie Simmons. Brother of Mary and Thomas Simmons.

Korean War Project Key No: 36003

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CORINTH BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, ROVER, GA

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