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FAY CLYDE SIMMONS III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1949 – July 3, 1968
Service recordFay Clyde Simmons III, of Cayce, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · 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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Cayce, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 5
- DONALD WAYNE OLSEN JRCorporal · July 3, 1968
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · July 3, 1968
- DANIEL CARL SCHUSTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 1968
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
From Cayce
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · August 30, 1967
- BRUCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- CLIFTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- JOHNNIE LEE BRIGMANPrivate · May 29, 1969
- THOMAS MARCELLUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- THOMAS ALAN MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
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.