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JOHN HARRISON SIMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1945 – May 13, 1967
Service recordJohn Harrison Simpson, of Loudon, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 113
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Loudon, Tennessee (Loudon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 113
- MICHAEL RAY SMITHLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- GARY LYNN STEVENSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD STEWARTLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- ROBERT RANDOLPH SUMMERSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
From Loudon
- DANNY EUGENE KINGSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARRELLSergeant · May 11, 1969
- SCOTT WILLIAM THORNBURGPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- HARVEY C CRABTREE JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1970
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.