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JEROME SIMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – July 18, 1967
Service recordJerome Sims, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 88
- JOHN LARRY MODGLINPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- GLEN EVERETT OAKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PASCOEAirman First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM VERNON POTTERPetty Officer First Class · July 18, 1967
- ANTONIO RIBERAPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- GILBERT FLOYD BALLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 87
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 87
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 89
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.