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Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims

  • ca. 1968

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Army Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims saved the men in his squad by throwing himself on top of an exploding booby trap on February 21, 1968. Sims was killed instantly and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

National Archives Identifier: 594517

Full Citation: 111-PP-95F-P167954; Photograph of Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims; ca. 1968; General Personality File, 1900–1981; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/staff-sergeant-clifford-sims/, May 29, 2026]

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