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JOSEPH LOUIS JOHN SIMON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 10, 1941 – November 24, 1967
Service recordJoseph Louis John Simon, of Wharton, New Jersey, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 24, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 81
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Wharton, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 81
- HECTOR LOPEZ RUIZSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SANDERSCorporal · November 24, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE EDWARD EGBERTSeaman · Panel 30E, Line 76
- LONNIE BERNARD EVANSPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 30E, Line 76
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · Panel 30E, Line 83
From Wharton
- PETER FRANSSON RUSSELLLieutenant · May 23, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM KNUCKEYFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 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.