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Desider A. Simcoe, Jr.
| Desider A. Simcoe, Jr. | |
|---|---|
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1919 Trenton, New Jersey |
| Died | 1997 |
| Nativity | Czechoslovakia |
| Awards | Bronze Star Medal; Army Commendation Medal |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Arm / service | Air Corps |
| ASN | 0792756 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 25 (30 November 1944 – 29 January 1945) |
| Section | 7B |
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| Bronze Star Medal | Army Commendation Medal |
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Desider A. Simcoe Jr. (1919–1997) was a Ritchie Boy (Class 25) who served in Air Corps intelligence in Europe and Korea and later as an Air Force plant representative.
Biography
Desider A. Simcoe Jr. Was born in 1919 and is described in a postwar Air Force plant article as a native of Trenton, New Jersey. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. In industrial engineering and was attending law school at Georgetown University when World War II began. He joined the Air Corps in 1942.
After flying school and assignments as a flying training instructor and squadron commander, Simcoe was sent to the Military Intelligence School at Camp Ritchie, Maryland (Class 25). In 1945 he received an intelligence assignment in the Mediterranean theater and later served in Vienna on the air staff of General Mark Clark. He returned to the United States in 1947 for Russian language study at Monterey, then served at the Air Technical Intelligence Center; technical intelligence work took him to Japan and Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War.
Simcoe held a Commendation Ribbon for work with General Clark in Austria and the Bronze Star for technical intelligence work in Korea. By the mid-1950s he was an Air Force plant representative at Northrop. He died in 1997.
Research notes
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Gallery
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Desider A. Simcoe Jr. portrait (RB Archive). -
Northrop plant-representative article on Col. Desider A. Simcoe Jr. (page 1) (RB Archive). -
Northrop article continuation: Camp Ritchie, Europe, awards (page 2) (RB Archive).
Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 78 |
| Class_ASN | 792756 |
| Class_Name | SIMCOE, Desider A. |
| match_method | asn_exact_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
Timeline
- 1919 — Born (Northrop article: native of Trenton, New Jersey).
- B.S. industrial engineering, Pennsylvania State University; law study at Georgetown interrupted by war.
- 1942 — Joined Air Corps; flying training instructor / squadron commander.
- Camp Ritchie Class 25 — Military Intelligence School.
- 1945 — Intelligence assignment, Mediterranean / Europe; later Vienna air staff under Gen. Mark Clark.
- 1947 — Russian language course, Monterey; Air Technical Intelligence Center.
- 1950 — Technical intelligence work in Japan/Korea at Korean War outbreak (Bronze Star).
- Mid-1950s — USAF plant representative, Northrop.
- 1997 — Died.
Sources
- “Colonel D. A. Simcoe Made New AF Plant Representative,” Northrop plant newspaper clipping (RB Archive: p.1, p.2).
- Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
- Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)