GREEN BERETS Simmons, Shawn Elliot

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Simmons ​

• FORENAME

Shawn Elliot​

• UNIT

7 SF Group (Company A,1 Bn) ​

• RANK

Master Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

• DATE OF DEATH

29th June 2008 ​

• AGE

39 ​

• GRAVESITE

Culley's Meadow Wood Memorial Park,Tallahassee,Leon County,Florida​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Ashland,Massachusetts​

born 1.4.1969 Boston,Massachusetts​

son of Alberta Simmons,Tallahassee,Florida and late Johnnie Lee Simmons​

husband of Tricia Simmons,Hope Mills,North Carolina (married 19.7.1992) (2 children)​

grew up in Tallahassee,Florida​

graduated Leon High School​

attended Tallahassee Community College​

attended Wesley College​

attended University of Massachusetts,Boston​

entered service February 1992​

307th Forward Maintenance Company,Fort Bragg 1995​

SF 1999​

1 Bn 7 SF Group​

instructor,JFK Special Warfare Center and School 2005​

1 Bn 7 SF Group December 2007​

awards Bronze Star,Meritorious Service Medal​

drowned when vehicle rolled into canal Khosrow-E Sofla,Kandahar Province,Afghanistan ​

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