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MICHAEL LEE SIMMONS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1948 – November 25, 1968
Service recordMichael Lee Simmons, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 61
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
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 61
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JOSE TORRES NETOPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- JOSEPH VINCENT STACKPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.