301st Infantry Regiment 94th Infantry Division


(The Division had entered combat status in Brittany, France
during September 1944. From late December on, it was heavily
engaged against German West Wall and Rhineland defensive
positions. They saw severe fighting around and in Tettingen and
the Bannholz Woods and made an assault crossing of the Saar
River. It was during the fighting to hold and expand the
Serrig-Taben Bridgehead over the Saar that Sellers was killed).





SHARPE, Robert C.


BATTERY F, 116TH FIELD ARTILLERY
(Duval County)

Born: 5 January 1919 Austin, Georgia.

Sharpe had completed six years of grammar school, lived in Lake
Wales and worked in the citrus industry earning $25 per week (in
season) when he enlisted in Battery F, 116th Field Artillery 18
July 1940. He was inducted into federal service as a Private 25
November 1940.

His next of kin included Lavelle Sharpe, wife, Lake Wales,
Florida.

DIED NON-BATTLE; date, location and unit assignment at the time
of death unknown.





SIMMONS, Bill


COMPANY H, 124TH INFANTRY
(Columbia County)

Born: 2 December 1921 Miami, Florida.

Simmons had completed six years of grammar school, lived in
Jasper (Hamilton County) and worked as a farmer earning $7 per
week when he enlisted in Company H, 124th Infantry Regiment 13
September 1940. He was inducted into federal service as a Private
25 November 1940. Later he was assigned to the 4TH INFANTRY
DIVISION. He was a Private at the time of his death.

His next of kin included Mrs. Hattie Dawes, Jasper, Florida.