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JOHNNY CLEVELAND SIMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJohnny Cleveland Simpson, of Elberton, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Elberton, Georgia (Elbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 42
- LESTER EARL ROPETERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JAMES CHESTER SCHULTZCorporal · September 19, 1968
- JAMES CHARLES DAN SIMMONSLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- EDGAR ARMSTRONG SMITHCorporal · September 19, 1968
From Elberton
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- CLARK EDWARD CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT SMITHLance Corporal · January 8, 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.