Eyewitness Statement of 1LT Cleo C. Hogan Regarding SSG Clifford C. Sims

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Description

First Lieutenant Cleo C. Hogan gave this statement regarding the heroism of Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims to support awarding him the Medal of Honor. Hogan was present on February 21, 1968, when Sims died by throwing himself on top of a booby trap, saving the lives of his men in Vietnam.

As a result of this and other statements, Staff Sergeant Sims was awarded posthumously the Congressional Medal of Honor. In an extraordinary occurrence, SSG Joe Hooper of the same company earned the Congressional Medal of Honor on the same day.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia.

National Archives Identifier: 305385

Full Citation: Eyewitness Statement of 1LT Cleo C. Hogan, Company D, Second Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry, 101st Airborne Division Regarding SSG Clifford C. Sims; 2/21/1968; Clifford Sims; Medal of Honor Awards Case Files, 1965–ca. 1972; Records of the U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia, Record Group 472; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/eyewitness-statement-cleo-hogan-about-clifford-sims/, April 14, 2026]

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