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JAMES R SIMPSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 8, 1942 – June 1, 1967
Service recordJames R Simpson, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 30
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 30
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- SAMMIE J VOLLMARPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ROGER LEE WHINERYHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS LOREN ARBPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 25
- WILLIAM G COATSMajor · Panel 21E, Line 26
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
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.