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JOHN WAYNE SIMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1951 – May 10, 1971
Service recordJohn Wayne Simmons, of Thornton, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Thornton, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 30
- PAUL ROBERT RIVETSergeant · May 10, 1971
- JOHN ARTHUR STALEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- DAVID WAYNE STARCHERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
- LEWIS CLARK WALTONSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT OHLERSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 29
- JOHN ARTHUR STALEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 30
From Thornton
- FREDERICK ANTHONY VIGILSergeant · January 22, 1971
- BRUCE ALLEN BOWMANSpecialist Five · March 8, 1971
- LOUIS ARTHUR YUGELSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
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.