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VICTOR SIMON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 15, 1946 – May 29, 1968
Service recordVictor Simon, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 13
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 15, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 13
- ALBERT DAVID MENTONCorporal · November 14, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE SEGINELance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- JAMES ALFRED SMITHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · May 29, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH WEIXELStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.