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EDWARD CLEO SIMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1946 – May 21, 1968
Service recordEdward Cleo Sims, of Athens, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Athens, Georgia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 1
- RONALD MITCHELL RANDALLLance Corporal · May 21, 1968
- JEFFREY BERNARD SEGALCorporal · May 21, 1968
- ALTON LAMER SINGLETARYSergeant First Class · May 21, 1968
- JOSEPH ALLYN SOMMERHAUSERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
From Athens
- LEROY IRELANDStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- JOE DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 1969
- LEROY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · April 18, 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.