Name:
Binford D. Simpson
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
34881009
Unit:
823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-08-28
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France
Plot:
P
Row:
1
Grave:
4
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
When Binford D. Simpson was born in 1912 in Calhoun, Mississippi, his father, Wallace, was 34 and his mother, Susan, was 27. He had three brothers and two sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. He entered service in Tennessee. He died on August 28, 1944, was initially buried at Villeneuve-sur-Auvers in France and is now buried at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.