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MORRIS ALFRED SIMPSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1943 – February 28, 1971
Service recordMorris Alfred Simpson, of Richland Hills, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1971, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 12
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C TRP 2 SQD 17 CAV 101 ABN DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Richland Hills, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 12
- ALBION JOE BERGANTZELCorporal · February 28, 1971
- HOWARD SIDNEY LAMBSergeant · February 28, 1971
- EARL EDWARD MCCARTYSpecialist Four · February 28, 1971
- CHARLES G TAUBERMAN SRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1971
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.