Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Howitzer Battery, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 13B – Cannon Crewmember
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 28-Aug-1946
Hometown: Amsterdam, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Sep-1966
Start of tour: 19-Jul-1967
Incident date: 9-Jun-1968
Date of casualty: 9-Jun-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Donato Joseph Simiele died from wounds received while on command post when came under hostile mortar attack.
Location of fatality: Gia Dinh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Amsterdam, New York, USA
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