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NATHANIEL SIMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1943 – January 28, 1966
Service recordNathaniel Simmons, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1943
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 104
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- HARRY MADISON MORSEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 103
- HARRY MADISON MORSEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.