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WALTER STEPHEN SIMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1941 – May 21, 1967
Service recordWalter Stephen Simpson, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 3
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 21, 1967
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 66E, Line 3
- GARY PATESenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- PHILIP SMITH JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- ARTHUR LOUIS WALDORFCorporal · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 71
- EUGENE HAROLD DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 72
- JERRY LEE HOUSERPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 75
- TOLER LEE HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- PHILLIP EARL IRELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 75
- ALFRED LEESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 76
- JAMES DAVID MCWHORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 76
- PATRICK MICHAEL LOISELPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 77
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 78
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 79
- JAMES THOMAS STEIGHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 80
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 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.