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PAUL JOSEPH SIMON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 11, 1931 – December 14, 1965
Service recordPaul Joseph Simon, of Anderson, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 14, 1965, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 15
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 11, 1931
- Home of record
- Anderson, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1965; two of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 15
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- NATHANIEL WASHINGTONPrivate · December 13, 1965
From Anderson
- STANLEY EUGENE WATSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 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.