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GARVIS KEITH SIMONS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1948 – January 28, 1969
Service recordGarvis Keith Simons, of Angleton, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Angleton, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 10
- JEROLD JEROME SHELTONStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1969
- CHARLES ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- GARY LADD SQUIERSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL STEINBACHERLance Corporal · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ARIASSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 5
From Angleton
- JAMES L CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL COTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1968
- WALTER DENNIS LAMBERTPetty Officer Third Class · December 1, 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.