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JOSEPH LOUIS SIMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJoseph Louis Simpson, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 12, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59E, Line 13
- JACKIE RALPH SELTZERSergeant · May 12, 1968
- HARRY DUNCAN SISKStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM E SKIVINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES STULLERStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY BOB COENSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ANDREW JOHNSON CRAVENSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 1
- JAMES RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 2
- JACKIE GLEN LEISUREStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 7
- FREDERICK JOEL RANSBOTTOMMajor · Panel 59E, Line 11
- DANNY LEE WIDNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 12
- JACKIE RALPH SELTZERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.