Veteran profile: Benny Simpson

Age: 66

Residence: Chula, Mo.

Family: Wife, Beverly; sons Garrett and Jeffery

Occupation: Retired from Morton Buildings (32 years)

Education: Chillicothe High School

Military service: Army (2 years)

Rank: E4

Assignment: Arrived in Vietnam Dec. 1966. Squad leader and carried M60 Machine Gun. Wounded April 1967. In hospitals five months, then discharged. Places of duty: Fort Hood, Tex.; Fort Riley, Kan.; Vietnam; Japan; Okinawa