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MICHAEL EUGENE SIMS
Hospitalman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
July 14, 1946 – February 27, 1967
Service recordMichael Eugene Sims, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Hospitalman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 108
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman Apprentice (HA)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 108
- ROLAND WOOLDRIEDGE RAYSecond Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- GEORGE ROWLAND JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- BERNARD JACOB SAUSE JRAirman · February 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.