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THOMAS JAMES SIMS
Private · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – May 8, 1969
Service recordThomas James Sims, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 25
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 25
- JAMES ELLSWORTH RICKETTS JRLieutenant Colonel · April 8, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRULLSergeant · May 8, 1969
- LYNN LADELLE STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- ROBERT ELDON TURNERMajor · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT COBB JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 22
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.