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JOHN WILLIAM SIMPSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1940 – July 16, 1968
Service recordJohn William Simpson JR, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 39
- PAUL RICHARD FUSCOSergeant · July 16, 1968
- JESUS GRIEGOLance Corporal · July 16, 1968
- THOMAS NICKOLAS MANSORPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- ROBERT TAYLOR MCJUNKINPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.