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JERRY LEE SIMMONDS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJerry Lee Simmonds, of Sacramento, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 22
- ANDRES RIVERA-RUIZCorporal · August 25, 1968
- KEITH WILLIAM ROWELLSergeant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE SEAYSergeant · August 25, 1968
- PAUL ROY SEVERSONSpecialist Five · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 17
- BYRON JOSEPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 17
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 17
- ARDEN GENE SONNENBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 18
- PAUL HENRY PIRKOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
- THOMAS EARL RICHEYSergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 21
- WILLIAM WAYNE SEAYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 22
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 24
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.