African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 August 1916, Quitman County, Mississippi. Died: 11 July 1986, Charleston, MS. Buried in Mound City, Pulaski County, IL. Enlisted: 18 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945.
Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. In 1940 census he is working on a cotton farm. His father was Walter Simmons, a farm laborer and his mother was Bettie Simmons.
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