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ANDREW MICHAEL SIMKO
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
August 7, 1930 – April 5, 1970
Service recordAndrew Michael Simko, of Bellaire, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 98
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1930
- Home of record
- Bellaire, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 98
- ROBERT LOCKET JRSergeant · April 5, 1970
- WILLIAM LEE LOWERYLance Corporal · April 5, 1970
- CLARENCE JOSEPH NOVAKSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- JOHN WILLARD ROHRFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1970
From Bellaire
- JAMES ARTHUR CHRISTYSpecialist Five · August 17, 1966
- GARY PAT POLLEYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1967
- JAMES DAVID SERENAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- FRANCIS MARION MONROESergeant · November 22, 1969
- GEORGE ROBERT KELLEYCorporal · July 22, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.