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ROY LEE SIMMONS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1948 – December 18, 1970
Service recordRoy Lee Simmons, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 131
- DAROLD JETERSSpecialist Five · December 18, 1970
- FLOYD DEAN SOLOMONCaptain · December 18, 1970
- JOSEPH W BLICKENSTAFF JRSpecialist Five · December 19, 1970
- RICHARD HOWARD BUZZELLLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ELWOOD CHARLES BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 128
- PAUL DOUGLAS LACROIXStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 129
- MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 130
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
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.