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ANTHONY SIMOES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1946 – April 1, 1968
Service recordAnthony Simoes, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Hyde Park, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 36
- JAMES HENRY MORGANSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- CURTIS ALLEN RHODESCaptain · April 1, 1968
- DARWIN BRUCE RIDENHOURStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1968
- PETER WILLIAM SHAGOVAC JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CHARLES CARDINALSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 30
- RICHARD LAWRENCE GIAMBRONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 32
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 35
- DARWIN BRUCE RIDENHOURStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 36
- HARRY SHERMAN STAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 37
- RONALD EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 37
From Hyde Park
- WILLIAM FRANCIS JOYCEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- DOMENIC SMIGLIANISergeant First Class · July 27, 1971
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.