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JOEL B SIMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – February 7, 1970
Service recordJoel B Simpson, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 120
- DANNY CRAIG DAVISCorporal · February 10, 1970
- BILLY FRANCIS DODDSpecialist Five · February 10, 1970
- JOHN VINCENT FRANCISCaptain · February 10, 1970
- BOBBY GENE FROSTChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 10, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH GREENSeaman · February 10, 1970
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
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.