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BURNELL SIMMONS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1932 – October 15, 1967
Service recordBurnell Simmons, of Leary, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 11
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1932
- Home of record
- Leary, Georgia (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 11
- CHARLES LYNN BANEYSergeant · October 15, 1967
- FRANK APPERSON PRICE IIISergeant · October 15, 1967
- PHILLIP EUGENE REEDSpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SCHULZCorporal · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 7
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 8
- ARCHIE JAMES MAPLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 9
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- JAMES FRANCIS MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 10
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
From Leary
- CLARENCE JACKSONCorporal · November 6, 1967
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.