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ROBERT VINCENT SIMONS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1936 – August 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Vincent Simons, of Gregory, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 19
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
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Gregory, Michigan (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 19
- ARCHIE LEE NELSON JRPrivate · August 15, 1968
- JAMES RONALD PARKERSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
From Gregory
- MAURICE JOHN BIEHNPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN DONOHUEPrivate First Class · September 16, 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.