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WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 9, 1933 – September 3, 1966
Service recordWilliam Prestwood Simmons, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 3, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 9, 1933
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 67
- DONALD RICHARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLOGunnery Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
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.