SIMMONS ROBERT LEE

Name: CW2 Robert Lee Simmons
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/09/1971 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 45.8
Date of Birth: 08/26/1925
Home City: Elkins, WV
Service: OD branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: USARV FLT DET
Major organization: USARV
Service: OD branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 03W-071
Short Summary: Ground casualty.
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 421A = Armament Repair Technician
Primary cause: Need to Verify
Major attributing cause: intentionally self-inflicted
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Started Tour: 03/07/1970
"Official" listing: ground casualty
The initial status of this person was: no previous report
Length of service: *
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: BT058748
Reason: suicide
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Baptist - other groups
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995

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Date posted on this site: 07/20/2010