Clifford Chester Sims was a staff Sargent in the Vietnam war. He was born on June 18, 1942, in Port St. Joe, FL . He was 25 years old when he died in the Vietnam

War, and was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, FL. When he was serving as a squad leader Company D was assaulting a heavily guarded enemy area walled within a dense wooded area when it encountered a strong enemy defensive fire. Once they got into the wood line, Sergeant Sims led his troops in a horrible attack against an enemy force that earlier had sunk down the 1st Platoon and Company D threatened to overrun it. Sims was ordered to move his troop to find cover. After no more than 3o feet sergeant sims noticed that there was a brick sculpture which the ammunition was stocked was on fire! When he realized that his troops were in danger he took quick action and got them away although 2 of the members of his squad were injured by the explosion. On February 21,1968 outside of Hue, South Vietnam, Staff Sargent Sims took a sacrifice to save his troops from getting killed by hurling himself upon a (booby trap) when it exploded. They were walking through the woods on their way to a bunker and they heard the sound of a booby trap being triggered. At that moment sergeant Sims warned his troops that they were in danger and hurled himself on-top of it. There were three radio telephone operators explaining in details on how Sims saved the lives of all of the solders in his area. Sims was fully aware of what sacrifice he was making and he was more worried about his troops.

After all of this happened the medal of honor was presented to Clifford's Family at the White House by the Vice president Spiro T. Agnew on December 2,1969.


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