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SERGE BENSON SIMMONS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1944 – November 3, 1969
Service recordSerge Benson Simmons, of Ogden, Utah, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 24
- WILLIAM JOHN ROEGLINSergeant · November 3, 1969
- DONALD MONROE SHUESergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- MICHAEL WILLIAM STEFFESpecialist Four · November 3, 1969
- LOUIS ROBERT SUSTERSICCaptain · November 3, 1969
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.