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ERNEST EUGENE SIMONS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1944 – April 16, 1966
Service recordErnest Eugene Simons, of Vallejo, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 118
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 118
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGOLDRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
- JOHN PARNELLASpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- OKEY LEE SANDSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
- BRUCE HOWARD BUMGARNERPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.