KILLED IN ACTION; 8 July 1944, Normandy, France.

4th Infantry Division


(The Division had been engaged in the bitter hedgerow fighting in
the Carentan Peninsula, Normandy, France since D-Day. While no
major attacks were launched by the Division the day Simmons was
killed, there was considerable patrol and defensive action
against local German forces).





SIMMONS, James S.


COMPANY K, 124TH INFANTRY
(Orange-Marion County)

Born: 9 May 1921 Enterprise, Alabama.

Simmons had completed six years of grammar school, lived in
Winter Garden and worked for Wester Union when he enlisted in
Company K, 124th Infantry Regiment 13 November 1939. He was
inducted into federal service 25 November 1940. Later he was
assigned to the 313TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION.
He was a Private 1st Class at the time of his death.

His next of kin included J.M. Simmons, father, Winter Garden,
Florida.

KILLED IN ACTION; 6 July 1944, Normandy, France.

313th Infantry Regiment 79th Infantry Division


(Following its arrival in the Normandy Beachhead, the 79th
Division was assigned objectives involving the capture of German
strongpoints around the city of Cherbourg. In early July, the
Division was sent down the west coast of the Cotenin Peninsula
toward the strongly defended German positions at La Haye-du-Puits
during which attack Simmons was killed).





SIRES, Charles Reed


COMPANY I, 124TH INFANTRY
(Manatee County)