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NORBERT GENE SIMMONS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1941 – June 15, 1966
Service recordNorbert Gene Simmons, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 50
- JAMES CLARENCE WALLACESergeant · June 15, 1966
- NORMAN RAYMOND WILSONPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JOHN TERRY ADAMSLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
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.