AIR COMMANDO 2 Simmons, Robert Eugene

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Simmons ​

• FORENAME

Robert Eugene (Skeeter)​

• UNIT

16 Special Operations Squadron (8 Tactical Fighter Wing) ​

• RANK

Airman First Class ​

• NUMBER

082420975​

• DATE OF DEATH

29th March 1972 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from De Peyster,New York​

born 25.11.1951​

single​

award Air Medal​

aerial gunner (AC-130A Hercules Spectre gunship 55-0044)​

KIA Savannakhet Province,Laos​

remains not recovered​

declared dead 31.5.1977​

promoted Master Sergeant posthumously ​

Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing​

remains repatriated 1.3.1986​

remains identified 26.5.1988​

group burial 17.6.2010​

family does not accept findings based on one tooth​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 02W Line 123​

declared dead 31.5.1977​

remains identified 1986​

promoted Master Sergeant posthumously ​

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