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KIRK WAYNE SIMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1950 – September 6, 1970
Service recordKirk Wayne Sims, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 42
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 42
- PAUL DAVID MYERSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PORTERLance Corporal · September 6, 1970
- JON EDWARD REEDSergeant · September 6, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL SCHWABSpecialist Four · September 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JON EDWARD REEDSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 42
- RICHARD MICHAEL SCHWABSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 42
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.