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JOHN CHARLES SIMS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 5, 1950 – August 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Charles Sims JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- February 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 5
- BRADLEY LOUIS SINNSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- SAM JARRELL SMALL JRStaff Sergeant · August 11, 1969
- JAMES CONLEY STONERSergeant · August 11, 1969
- LAURENCIO VIGILPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY JACOB CURETON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 1
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.