Simmons, Tceollyar
Navy Seaman 2nd class

Tceollyar Simmons, age 18, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.

Parents: Ina Morgan

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Navy Seaman 2nd Class Tceollyar Simmons, 18, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 18, 2021.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Simmons was assigned to the battleship USS California, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS California sustained multiple torpedo and bomb hits, which caused it catch fire and slowly flood. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 104 crewmen, including Simmons.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency