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CHARLIE SIMMONS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – August 28, 1969
Service recordCharlie Simmons JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 5
- CLAIR CLARENCE H SAINT JRCorporal · August 28, 1969
- ALVIN WAYNE STALLCUPSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- CARL BRACY AYERS JRCorporal · August 29, 1969
- WILLIAM T CHAFFIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALDEN DOUGHTYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 128
- ROBERT GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 1
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 1
- THOMAS PATRICK MCKERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 3
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.