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HENRY JAMES SIMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1942 – December 31, 1970
Service recordHenry James Sims, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 18
- JOHN JOSEPH ORSINI JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1970
- THURSTON CRAIG ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- WAYNE STERLING RUSHTONConstructionman · December 31, 1970
- ALFREDO SALAZARSergeant · December 31, 1970
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 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.