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KENNETH JEROME SIMMONS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – July 18, 1970
Service recordKenneth Jerome Simmons, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 30
- OTIS PARKERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1970
- JOHN ULICNISpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- PRESTON PAUL WINLAND JRSergeant First Class · July 18, 1970
- JOHN FRANK BARNETTLance Corporal · July 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 27
- BURKE HOLBROOK MILLERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 29
- WILLIAM DAVID ROLLASONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 29
- MICHAEL ALLEN WALKERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 29
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
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.