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CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – May 30, 1969
Service recordCraig Michael Simeone, of Cohasset, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Cohasset, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 23
- GORDON DEAN PERRYPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- DONALD PAUL SEBURG JRSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WATTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN EARL DOTTERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 20
- LOUIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 21
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE WATTPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 23
From Cohasset
- WILLIAM CLIVE LAIDLAWCorporal · August 18, 1965
- PETER COGILLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- JOHN PAUL LYONCaptain · April 18, 1969
- ALLEN FRANCIS KEATINGSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH REARDONFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
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.