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MAX COLEMAN SIMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1944 – January 24, 1967
Service recordMax Coleman Simpson, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 74
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 155 TRANS CO 10 TRANS BN 1 LOG
- Born
- March 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
Also on Panel 14E, Line 74
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · January 24, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE KENNYSergeant · January 24, 1967
- JOHN ALOYSIUS LAMBIE JRPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
From Carlsbad
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
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.