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LOYDE HAROLD SIMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – October 5, 1968
Service recordLoyde Harold Simpson, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 15
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
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 15
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DEVOEPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- RONALD JAMES REDENIUSWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- WALTER SHERROD JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.