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WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – November 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam James Simpson, of Forest Park, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 77
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 77
- EDWARD ERNEST MCBRIDEMajor · November 27, 1968
- RAYMOND MCCUMBERStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1968
- DONALD STEPHEN MIHORDINSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- MICHAEL GRAMBLING PARRFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
From Forest Park
- JOHN THOMAS OCONNORCorporal · June 29, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCANNELLPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- DURWYN LEE WOLFStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
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.