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Personal info

Full name
SIMS, Melton
Date of birth
27 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Emory, Rains County, Texas
Hometown
Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
20802496
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kientzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 40

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Sims (father)
Opal D. (Spencer) Sims (mother)
Pauline T. Sims (sister)
Carl Sims (brother)
Lois E. Sims (sister)
Herman Sims (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Melton Sims was a mechanic and repairman of motor vehicles before he joined the National Guard in Lockhart, Texas on 25 November 1940. He was sent overseas in April 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman, www.newspaper.com – San Antonio Light - 18 April 1945 / The News - 5 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspaper.com – San Antonio Light 18 April 1945 / The News - 5 March 1945