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EDDIE LEE SIMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – October 1, 1968
Service recordEddie Lee Simmons, of St Stephen, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 60
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- St Stephen, South Carolina (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 60
- ALLAN STANLEY MAJORAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- JOHN STIRPEPrivate · October 1, 1968
- EUGENE RAVN SUAREZCorporal · October 1, 1968
- BERNARD JEFFERY UHRENCorporal · October 1, 1968
- FRANK WELLS JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 56
- ROCCO ROSARIO LUCISANOPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 57
From St Stephen
- JOE DAVIS MOULTRIEPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- STEVEN ALFRED MIDDLETONSergeant · March 15, 1968
- CHARLES SEGAR JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · March 27, 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.