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WALLACE FREDERICK SIMPKIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1937 – December 17, 1968
Service recordWallace Frederick Simpkin, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 37
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Antenna Installer Specialist (36D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Alamogordo, New Mexico (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 37
- MORTON HAROLD SINGERCaptain · December 17, 1968
- FRANK NORMAN SMITHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · December 17, 1968
- DONALD LOUIS STONEMANSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 35
From Alamogordo
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · June 30, 1966
- IGNACIO BARELALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN THARP JRSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- HOWARD MICHAEL MEUTEPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 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.