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OBIE CLYDE SIMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1946 – May 20, 1966
Service recordObie Clyde Simmons, of Brewton, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 91
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Brewton, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 91
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- STANLEY INCILLO SAGONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- PHILIP JOSEPH SERNACorporal · May 20, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY STAHL JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
From Brewton
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY WINTERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JIMMY RAY THOMASPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
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.