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WILLIAM S SIMMONS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – August 1, 1967
Service recordWilliam S Simmons JR, of Manteo, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 24E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Manteo, North Carolina (Dare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 63
- JAMES PATRICK PROCTORLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- RICHARD JARRELL REMEDIESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ERNST RILEYSpecialist Four · August 1, 1967
- STANLEY JOSEPH SEAVERSPrivate First Class · August 1, 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.