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FRANK RUDOLPH SIMMONS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1948 – April 24, 1968
Service recordFrank Rudolph Simmons, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 49
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
- November 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 49
- BRIAN HARDMAN PHILIBERTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 24, 1968
- ARDEN KEITH RENVILLESpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- JAY DEE RICHTERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- JOHN HERSHEL SOUTHCaptain · April 24, 1968
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 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.