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ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1933 – August 9, 1967
Service recordAlfred Franklin Simpson, of Gardena, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 7 ENGINEERS
- Born
- July 27, 1933
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 7 ENGINEERS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 97
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- ROBERT ACQUINN THOMPSONCaptain · August 9, 1967
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS YBARRAPrivate First Class · November 7, 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.