is a member of the 545th Military Police Company from Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas, which has deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II.

Simon is a section sergeant normally assigned to the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas.

He is the son of Theodore and Janice M. Simon of Butler.

His wife, Diana, is the daughter of Edward and Marla Riehl of Belgrade, Mont.

The staff sergeant is a 1998 graduate of Calvary Academy, Butler.