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Personal info

Full name
SIMS, Floyd
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
District 10, Franklin County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34920975
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Huttingen and der Kyll, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 7

Immediate family

Members
Walter E. Sims (father)
Callie (Hinshaw) Sims (mother)
Fannie J. Sims (sister)
Mary Sims (sister)
Edward B. Sims (brother)
Warnie Sims (half brother)
Edyline Sims (half sister)
Christine Sims (half sister)

More information

Pfc Floyd Sims enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 15 December 1943.

He worked in a transport company before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / Warren Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery