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GARY BEDE SIMKINS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
July 3, 1942 – April 3, 1973
Service recordGary Bede Simkins, of Port Angeles, Washington, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 3, 1973, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 123
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Port Angeles, Washington (Clallam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1973
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1973. In April 1973, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 123
- EDGAR ROBERT MELTONCaptain · April 10, 1975
- WENDLE L PAYNEMaster Sergeant · April 10, 1975
- JOE CASTROMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1975
- KENNETH EDWIN NANCEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1975
- WILLIAM MONROE PARKERTechnical Sergeant · April 21, 1975
From Port Angeles
- RONALD RUSSELL PEARSONLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- DEAN HAROLD MESSERSMITHPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITELance Corporal · June 19, 1968
- PAUL J RABERSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.