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JOSEPH RALPH SIMONE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1947 – October 21, 1966
Service recordJoseph Ralph Simone, of Merrick, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 93
- PHILLIP MARK WILSONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1966
- RONALD GALE WOLFELieutenant · October 20, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY CHACESpecialist Four · October 21, 1966
- ROBERT FREDERICK EHLERSPrivate · October 21, 1966
From Merrick
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM CASEYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK DUGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD KREUSCHERSergeant · November 15, 1967
- ROBERT GARY PIAZZAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
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.