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FREDERICK AUGUSTAS SIMS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 1, 1936 – January 25, 1967
Service recordFrederick Augustas Sims, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 25, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- March 1, 1936
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 77
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- CRAIG STEPHEN SHELTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1967
- FRANK J SOMERSStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.