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JAMES MARTIN SIMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1950 – February 16, 1971
Service recordJames Martin Simon, of West Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 112
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1950
- Home of record
- West Louisville, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 112
- RALPH NATHANIEL PATTILLOLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1971
- JAMES HUBERT STAFFORDSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
- GORDON ALAN STOAKLEYStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1971
- RICHARD DEAN BUCKLESCorporal · February 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BASIL CARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 110
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.