Charles Wesley Simons III

United States Air Force Security Forces — JBSA-Lackland, TX

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 19, 1999

Age 37

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

The Vigil Panel 146 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 40

Incident

Technical Sergeant Charles Simons died two days after being struck by a vehicle while directing traffic near a gate of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

The base had received a bomb threat at the main gate, and several traffic control points had been set up. After the bomb threat was cleared, officers attempted to clear the checkpoints of the heavy traffic.

A motorist who was upset about the delays exited his lane of traffic and drove around the other stopped vehicles. Sergeant Simons was struck at an intersection by the vehicle, which was traveling at approximately 45 mph in an area with a posted limit of 25 mph. Sergeant Simons was taken to a local hospital where he remained unconscious until passing away two days after the incident.

Sergeant Simons was a member of the 99th Security Forces Squadron and had served in the Air Force for 19 years.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Technical Sergeant Simons gave the United States Air Force Security Forces 19 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Air Force Security Forces

Type Federal Agency

Location JBSA-Lackland, TX

Platform Identity usafsffed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 19, 1999

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Charles Wesley Simons III served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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Technical Sergeant Charles Wesley Simons III is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At United States Air Force Security Forces, 28 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 68.3% of this agency's fallen.

United States Air Force Security Forces

of 41 officers

68.3% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident