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HAROLD JOSEPH SIMMONS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 28, 1945 – March 26, 1968
Service recordHarold Joseph Simmons, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 41
- WAYNE ERIC RISNERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT J RYLANDERSergeant · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND FRANK SCHOPMANNCorporal · March 26, 1968
- RALPH SIBLEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EARL BARGERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 28
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 32
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.