James Gilbert Sims was born at Chattanooga, Tennessee on 11 February 1925, the son of Benjamin Franklin Sims and Willie Belle Brewer.
Died non Battle 7 September 1943
Buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, V, 14562.
Private
159th Engineer Combat Battalion
PVt Sims was stationed at Fort Ethan Allen in Vermont and died at Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont of a gunshot wounds, received accidentally at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont at the age of 18.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 11 February 1925
- Date of death: 7 September 1943
- County: Hamilton
- Hometown: Chattanooga
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 159th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XI, Middle Panel
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