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MELVIN RICHARD SIMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1948 – May 27, 1968
Service recordMelvin Richard Simpson, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 2
- GEORGE ROBERT SMILEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- PATRICK MATTHEW STEELECorporal · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN TREWEEKCorporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.