The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Leon F. Simmons
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
C BTRY 503 FA BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
May 26, 1951
Sergeant Simmons was a member of Battery C, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 26, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.