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RONALD EARL SIMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – June 19, 1969
Service recordRonald Earl Simpson, of Bardstown, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 94
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY I FF
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Bardstown, Kentucky (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 94
- STEPHEN DENNIS VANDYKECorporal · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLAN VOSSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ALBERT CHARLES WALL JRStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALWYN WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TROY BETHEASpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 84
- LUTHER MALCOLM CHAPPELFirst Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 86
- DAVID BURR COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 87
- JOSEPH RONALD MCILVOYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 91
From Bardstown
- RAYMOND SYLVESTER FORDSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL TAYLORCorporal · August 28, 1966
- DAVID BURR COLLINSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
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.