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DONALD ROBERT SIMON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – July 25, 1970
Service recordDonald Robert Simon, of Springfield, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 52
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- JACK EDWIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- PETER MICHAEL VANDERWEGSergeant · July 25, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
From Springfield
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1966
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1969
- HIRAM MICHAEL WOLFE IVCaptain · December 4, 1969
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- JERRY WAINE STEWARDPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 1971
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.