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BRADLEY JOSEPH SIMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1950 – August 12, 1969
Service recordBradley Joseph Simmons, of Ancramdale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Ancramdale, New York (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 23
- RONALD LEE SHORTSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMONPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 11
- DONALD GARY DILLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 12
- LAWRENCE DAY GREEFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 13
- DAVID OSCAR HAAKESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 14
- JAMES LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 16
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.