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LUIS JOSE SIMANCAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – June 19, 1969
Service recordLuis Jose Simancas, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 95
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 95
- JAMES THOMAS WOODSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN HERRICK ALDRICHSergeant · June 20, 1969
- JOSE FRANCISCO ARROYOSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORESpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEO CURTINCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 87
- LLOYD J DOWNSSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 88
- EDWARD MAHLON HARDWICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 89
- ALBERT CHARLES WALL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 94
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.