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RALPH SIMON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1945 – June 11, 1966
Service recordRalph Simon, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 40
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 40
- JESSIE EDWIN SHANNONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CHARLES H SHELTONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- DAVID WAYNE STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 40
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES GILMAN BUTLER JRLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
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.