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Personal info

Full name
SIMS, Richard
Date of birth
21 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Forest Home, Butler County, Alabama
Hometown
Butler County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34801779
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
South of Gut Merberich, Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 17 30

Immediate family

Members
Tom Sims (father)
Cranford Sims (brother)
Mary L. Sims (sister)
Edward Sims (brother)
Francis Sims (brother)
Ruth Sims (sister)
Thomas Sims (brother)
Ray Sims (brother)

More information

Sgt Richard Sims worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort McClellan on 2 April 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/world-war-ii-veterans-condolences/148088931?page=15#sthash.j36udObq.vP3wx5wO.dpbs