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JAMES CHARLES DAN SIMMONS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1949 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJames Charles Dan Simmons, of Eloy, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 42
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
- June 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Eloy, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 42
- LESTER EARL ROPETERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JAMES CHESTER SCHULTZCorporal · September 19, 1968
- JOHNNY CLEVELAND SIMPSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- EDGAR ARMSTRONG SMITHCorporal · September 19, 1968
From Eloy
- SISTO BOJORQUEZ BOJORQUEZPrivate · January 9, 1968
- CLINTON MONROE GAULT JRStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1968
- LARRY ROBERT GARCIASpecialist Four · May 18, 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.