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WAYNE CARL SIMMONS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 27, 1943 – April 1, 1965
Service recordWayne Carl Simmons, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET USARV
- Born
- January 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 99
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- ZLATKO M FAKINStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1965
- JERRY WAYNE OSBORNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1965
From Springfield
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · April 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.