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JAKE A SIMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – October 25, 1966
Service recordJake A Simmons, of Baytown, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Baytown, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 105
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- RONALD GLEN PERRYMANSecond Lieutenant · October 25, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- LARRY F SMITHSergeant · October 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 104
- COLEMAN LITCHFIELD WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 104
- LARRY F SMITHSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 105
- JIMMIE ELLIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 106
From Baytown
- ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JRCaptain · November 4, 1965
- ALBERT WILBER SONNIERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER JRSecond Lieutenant · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · October 2, 1967
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DANIEL PENA JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- NOE TAMEYOZASpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
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.