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HARRY JENNINGS SIMMONS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1946 – April 8, 1967
Service recordHarry Jennings Simmons JR, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 129
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
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Langhorne, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 129
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JEFFREY ALLAN SCHWEIKLPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD TARANTOWICZFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1967
From Langhorne
- WARREN MARTIN BEAUMONTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JOHN ELTON CANDYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LEE FULTON CLICKNERFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1969
- GEORGE RAYMOND HUNTZINGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1969
- RICHARD C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 4, 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.