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ERWIN BRUCE SIMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – March 2, 1968
Service recordErwin Bruce Sims, of Uniontown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 41
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Uniontown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 41
- THOMAS JAMES SCULLENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- WILLARD SKAGGS JRSergeant · March 2, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN SLANESpecialist Five · March 2, 1968
- MARK EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY CLINTON GERDONPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 32
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 32
- CLARENCE S HILLSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 34
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 40
From Uniontown
- DAVID EDGAR HOFFERTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
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.