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RICHARD SIMMONS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1943 – June 25, 1968
Service recordRichard Simmons, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 38
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 38
- CHARLES CARROLL SALESSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- ALBERTO VASQUEZ SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- ROBERT MILLER SCOTTFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUDGINS BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 35
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 37
- ROBERTO BRAGHINI JRSergeant First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 39
- DOMINIC UNGARO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 1
- MACK WILBERT WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 1
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.