James Martin Simon
Specialist Four
D CO, 4TH BN, 3RD INFANTRY, 11TH INFANTRY BDE, AMERICAL DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
West Louisville, Kentucky
December 30, 1950 to February 16, 1971
JAMES M SIMON is on the Wall at Panel W5, Line 112

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A Note from The Virtual Wall

"As D Company, 4/3rd Infantry, were preparing to move from their night defensive position on the morning of 16 Feb 1971 they were engaged with small arms fire by an estimated 15 NVA troops. D/4-3 returned organic weapons fire and later employed artillery fire. There were 3x US KIA and 1x US WIA. The enemy element was last seen heading W, there were 3x NVA KIA."
From the After Action Report

The three Americans who died in the action were

  • SFC James H. Stafford, Oakland, CA;
  • SP4 James M. Simon, West Louisville, KY; and
  • PFC James B. Carter, Orlando, FL.

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