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TRAVIS A SIMMONS JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 27, 1943 – March 16, 1967
Service recordTravis A Simmons JR, of Midland, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 98
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 98
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOE LAWRENCE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROY NEAL SHOUPLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- TED WILLIAMSLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
From Midland
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · December 2, 1966
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- RAUL LERMA SEGOVIASpecialist Four · January 30, 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.