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ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1939 – October 3, 1965
Service recordAdam Ernest Simpson JR, of Port Arthur, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 104
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Port Arthur, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1965; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 104
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH MASNYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- REGINALD NICHOLASSergeant · October 3, 1965
From Port Arthur
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLEVELAND KEAL JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 1968
- GREGORIO TREVINO JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.