Head had completed two years of high school, lived in Sulphur
Springs and worked as a truck driver when he enlisted in Battery
B,' 116th Field Artillery 17 July 1940. (He almost immediately
switched to the Medical Detachment) He was inducted into federal
service 25 November 1940. Later, he was assigned to the 503RD
PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. He was a
Private 1st Class at the time of his death.

KILLED IN ACTION; 16 February 1945, Philipine Islands.

503rd Parachute Infantry 11th Airborne Division


(While ostensibly part of the 11th Airborne Division, the 503rd
had fought its war in the pacific as an independent Regimental
Combat Team. It was as an RCT that the regiment was dropped on
the island of Corregidor at the entracne to Manila Harbor, the
island surrendered to the Japanes in 1942. Head was killed
during the assault).






HERRING, Francis Marion


SERVICE COMPANY, 124TH INFANTRY
(St. Johns County)

Born: 26 August 1916 Lake Park, Georgia.

Herring was a high school and college (Georgia Southwestern)
graduate living in St. Augustine and working in advertising
earning $20 per week when he enlisted in the Service Company,
124th Infantry Regiment 22 November 1940. He was inducted into
federal service 25 November 1940. Later, he was assigned to the
7TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION. He was a Sergeant
at the time of his death.

His next of kin included Mrs. F.M. Herring, wife, Mamie Herring,
mother, both of St. Augustine, two sisters and three brothers of
various locations.

KILLED IN ACTION; 24 November 1944, Saales, France.

7th Infantry Regiment 3rd infantry Division


(During October and November of 1944, the 3rd Division was
employed against German positions in Northeastern France. In mid
November, the Division captured the area around Clairefontain-St.
Michel and led the assault through the Vosges Mountains, gateway
to the key city of Strasbourg. Herring was killed in this campaign).