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THOMAS JAMES SIMETH SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1939 – September 23, 1969
Service recordThomas James Simeth SR, of San Diego, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 1
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
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1939
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 1
- ROBERTO SALAZARSpecialist Five · September 23, 1969
- HUGH HENRY SARAHSpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- ALBERT JOSEPH SCRUGGSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- RICHARD ROY SEABRIDGESpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SHELTON FERRELL BARRSSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 127
- MARVIN GENE STEPHENSPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
- SHELBY DEAN STOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.