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CHARLES WAYNE SIMS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1944 – February 28, 1966
Service recordCharles Wayne Sims, of Clarkesville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Clarkesville, Georgia (Habersham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 91
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- CLIFTON LEE TARTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
From Clarkesville
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- LARRY PAUL JONESCorporal · May 13, 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.