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JOSE SCOTTY SIMBOLA
Private · U.S. Army
April 7, 1946 – June 17, 1966
Service recordJose Scotty Simbola, of Penasco, New Mexico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 58
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Penasco, New Mexico (Taos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 58
- MARCELINO SANTOS-VEGASergeant First Class · June 17, 1966
- M J SAVOYAirman · June 17, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.