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RICHARD CHARLES SIMMONS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1940 – April 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Charles Simmons, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 105
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARMELO DIAZ-ROMANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 102
- EDWARD LUKANA LOO JRSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 104
- JON DALE PETERSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 104
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.