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MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1944 – September 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Paul Simpson, of Mattoon, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Mattoon, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 50
- RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARDPrivate · September 20, 1968
- JOHN PHILLIP VANDUSENConstructionman · September 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERCorporal · September 20, 1968
- JOSEPH KENT WOLFEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVA BROWN IISergeant · Panel 43W, Line 45
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 47
- DANIEL BRUCE PERSONSPrivate · Panel 43W, Line 47
- MICHAEL RALPH MANNOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 48
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 49
From Mattoon
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- PHILIP HENRY RATHEFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1966
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JOE OVERMYERLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- DALE EARL SHUMBARGERPrivate · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · May 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 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.