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GEORGE WILLIAM SIMMERS JR
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
January 23, 1939 – September 20, 1969
Service recordGeorge William Simmers JR, of Linville, Virginia, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 23, 1939
- Home of record
- Linville, Virginia (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 118
- WILFREDO BALAGOT ANDRADASergeant · September 21, 1969
- DENNIS LEE BARTLEBAUGHCorporal · September 21, 1969
- CHARLES HAWKINS BEARECorporal · September 21, 1969
- CARL ANDREW DEANCorporal · September 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM VINCENT FLYNNFireman · Panel 18W, Line 117
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.