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RICHARD CHARLES SIMON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 11, 1947 – November 3, 1968
Service recordRichard Charles Simon, of Ellsworth, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 3, 1968, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Ellsworth, Wisconsin (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 15
- ELTON GENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS HUGH BERGERONSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
- STEVEN WAYNE BURNAMSpecialist Four · November 4, 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.