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CHESTER PAUL SIMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 6, 1948 – February 6, 1967
Service recordChester Paul Simpson, of Jamestown, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator-Maintainer (31C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamestown, Kentucky (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 3
- RUSSEL LEE WATSONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- HARVEY BREWINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 127
- GILMORE WILSON CHRISTYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 127
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · Panel 14E, Line 128
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
From Jamestown
- EDDIE WAYNE BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 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.