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DANNY ROY SIMPSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1946 – July 7, 1966
Service recordDanny Roy Simpson, of Cardinal, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Cardinal, Kentucky (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 6
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN RUGGIEROPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
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.