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SIMEON ANDRADE TUAZON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1930 – October 24, 1967
Service recordSimeon Andrade Tuazon JR served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1930
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 63
- FRANCIS JOHN THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CLAY TOSHLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- GAROLD THOMAS WILSONSergeant First Class · October 24, 1967
- ROY EUGENE CONRADSergeant · October 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN PAUL FLIZANESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 59
- ROBERT DUANE JESSENSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 60
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 61
- GILBERT GEORGE MARCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 61
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 62
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.