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EDWARD MONROE SIMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – May 11, 1968
Service recordEdward Monroe Simpson, of Collinsville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 26
- JAMES SIDNEY RYLEESpecialist Five · May 11, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- SAMUEL DAVID SMITHSergeant · May 11, 1968
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHMajor · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DEL GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN TERRY MOORE JRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Collinsville
- CHARLES BERNARD LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- ROBERT WILCOX MOODYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- ADAM EDWARD WERSCHINGSergeant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN MOOREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE DODSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DAVID K DEMATTEISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1971
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.