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TERRY CLEO SIMISON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
April 2, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordTerry Cleo Simison, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 17, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 29
- JEFFREY DAVID RUPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- STANLEY K RYKACZEWSKIFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- VICTOR ARLON SMITHCaptain · January 17, 1969
- CURTIS FRANCIS THORNTONLance Corporal · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HERBERT WEAVERCommander · Panel 34W, Line 30
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
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.