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TIMOTHY HAYES SIMPKINS
Private · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – June 23, 1969
Service recordTimothy Hayes Simpkins, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 4
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 4
- PERRY LUKE UNDERWOODPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1969
- CHARLES GRIFFIN VICKERSSergeant Major · June 23, 1969
- RICHARD EARL WEISSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.