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LEROY EUGENE SIMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1945 – March 28, 1966
Service recordLeroy Eugene Simons, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 58
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALBERT CHARLES RISINGSpecialist Four · March 28, 1966
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
From Springfield
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- FOSTER BISHOP MILLERCorporal · September 4, 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.