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JAMES WALTER SIMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1927 – September 9, 1966
Service recordJames Walter Sims, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 15, 1927
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 81
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- JAMES POSTONSergeant · September 9, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LEROY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 9, 1966
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 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.