WALL OF HONOR MEMBER
SOUTH VIETNAM - TWENTY NINTH CASUALTY FROM ROY MILLER HIGH SCHOOL
Name: PFC John Charles Sims (02-05-50 - 08-11-69)
Posthumously Promoted
Roy Miller High School: 29 Casualty
Left Roy Miller: 1968 after Junior year
Branch: US Army
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Posthumous
Promotion as indicated
ID No: 454906759
MOS: 16F10: Light Air
Defense Artillery Crewmember
Length Service: 00
years
Unit: C BTRY, 1ST BN,
44TH ARTILLERY, 108TH ARTY GROUP, I FIELD FORCE, USARV
Start Tour:
01/25/1969
Casualty Date: 08/11/1969
Age at Loss: 19 years
Location: Quang Tri
Province, South Vietnam
Casualty Detail: Multiple
fragmentation wounds
Home of Record: Corpus
Christi, Texas
Medals Include: National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam
Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; Purple Heart
How Johnny Died: Sims had just
returned to the war zone after serving a month in Japan recovering from wounds
suffered in June. PFC Sims was killed in action from rocket & artillery
fire on Base Camp near Thon Vinh on 8-11-1969 while serving as a Light Air
Defense Artillery Crewman with Battery C of the 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery,
108 Artillery Group.
AI assisted picture of Johnny on left and picture from 1968 yearbook as a Junior at Roy Miller High School
Headstone grave marker - R.I.P. Johnny
Buccaneers were "Strong and United"
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