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OTIS RAYMOND SIMPSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 27, 1942 – November 4, 1968
Service recordOtis Raymond Simpson, of Fayetteville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Georgia (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 18
- PATRICK IRVIN NELMSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- GREGORY LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ROSS JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN SETTERSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN ROBERT TYLERSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 19
From Fayetteville
- TOM EDWIN BORENPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOSEPH LAMAR HYATTSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
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.