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BLAIR H SIMPSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 13, 1949 – August 12, 1970
Service recordBlair H Simpson, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 105
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 105
- GARY LEE JENKSLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- KENNETH EARLSTON OLIVERCorporal · August 12, 1970
- CHARLES KAY PUDERBAUGHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1970
- JIMMIE DALE RYALSSpecialist Four · August 12, 1970
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.