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HARRY SIMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1948 – January 8, 1969
Service recordHarry Sims, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 56
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 56
- ANGEL L GONZALES-MADERASergeant First Class · January 8, 1969
- STEVEN SLUSHERSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- BILLY EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 52
- WILLIAM INNES BOUTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 53
- JOHN ARTHUR RIVES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 55
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.