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ROBERT LEWIS SIMPSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 27, 1927 – August 28, 1962
Service recordRobert Lewis Simpson, of Panama City, Foreign, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 28, 1962, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 10
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6 TFS
- Born
- June 27, 1927
- Home of record
- Panama City, Foreign (None County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1962
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1962; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In August 1962, 1 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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 10
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- JOSEPH A GOLDBERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 15, 1962
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.