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WILLIAM JESS SIMS
Private · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – July 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Jess Sims, of Compton, Arkansas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 8
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
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Compton, Arkansas (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 8
- JOHN TRUMAN NALLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANK OLSENSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- JACK LEON PRICESecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1969
- PEDRO RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
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.