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ERICH SIMKAITIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 22, 1943 – September 9, 1965
Service recordErich Simkaitis, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 80
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 80
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- LEO ALLEN BAUERCaptain · September 10, 1965
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- HENRY JAMES ZEICHERTLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 78
- HARRY ALLAN HIPKEPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 79
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2E, Line 79
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 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.