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ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1937 – March 28, 1968
Service recordElmore Robert Simpson, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 59
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 59
- VINCENT BENOR SANTANIELLOLance Corporal · March 28, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHLICKSpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
- ROBERT SCOTT SHELTONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JACK MORSE WOLFSergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LAVERN BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 52
- RAYMOND CHARLES DOWNINSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 53
- PAUL DAVID KUEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 56
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · Panel 46E, Line 57
- LAWRENCE W OMEARASpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 58
- JOSEPH CONARD PARK JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 58
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHLICKSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 59
From Texarkana
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- WAYNE LYNN HARLANDSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 1972
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.