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EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1948 – October 14, 1967
Service recordEdward Junior Simons, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1967, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 5
- RICHARD MCGREGORPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT REDDINGTON VAUGHANLieutenant Commander · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WHALENSpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN PLUMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 14, 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.