The Wall › Panel 28E › West Virginia › James Robert Simmons
JAMES ROBERT SIMMONS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1937 – October 14, 1967
Service recordJames Robert Simmons, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 5
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Small Craft Mechanic (1342)
- Born
- November 22, 1937
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 5
- RICHARD MCGREGORPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT REDDINGTON VAUGHANLieutenant Commander · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WHALENSpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 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.