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CURLEY JOHN SIMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – July 9, 1967
Service recordCurley John Simon, of Youngsville, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Youngsville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 39
- CHARLES RICHARD LEELieutenant Commander · July 9, 1967
- T CHRISTOPHER FORD OBRIENLance Corporal · July 9, 1967
- WESLEY ROBERT SEXTONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1967
- WILLIAM ERIC STROBELSpecialist Four · July 9, 1967
From Youngsville
- RONALD JAMES ROMEROCorporal · March 21, 1968
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.