Simons, Joseph Anthony
Army Recruit

Joseph Anthony Simons, age 22, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.

Parents: Catherine (Kramer) Simons Cole

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.

Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)