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ROBERT LEE SIMMONS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 26, 1925 – June 9, 1971
Service recordRobert Lee Simmons, of Elkins, West Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 71
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armament Repair Technician (421A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 26, 1925
- Home of record
- Elkins, West Virginia (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1971
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 71
- MICHAEL MORAN DALTONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1971
- HUGH AMES SEXTON JRSergeant · June 9, 1971
- JOHNNY ARTHURSpecialist Five · June 10, 1971
- CARL WARDEN BREWSTERSergeant · June 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RICHARD MICKLESpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 70
From Elkins
- ROGER DALE GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- SAMUEL REED SUMMERFIELDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- FRED MICHAEL KERNSLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- RUSSELL ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · August 26, 1969
- THOMAS G HESSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
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.