Capt Sean Patrick Sims
Born: August 27, 1972 in Taiwan
Died: November 13, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq
Capt. Sean P. Sims of El Paso, Texas grew up at military bases throughout the world. Sean is a 1994 graduate of Texas A&M University graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was a member of the Corps of Cadets, the Ross Volunteers, Ranger Challenge and was commander of Company L-2. He was the commanding officer of his outfit and was selected to be a member of the Ross Volunteers, the school’s most prestigious honor. His military education includes, the Infantry Officer’s Basic Course, Airborne School, Pathfinder Course, and Ranger School. He then was assigned to the 101st Airmobile Division as a platoon leader and Company Executive Officer. He later attended the Armor Officers Course and followed that with an assignment to Germany where he was assigned to the Seventh Army Training Center at Grafenwoehr. After one year he was transferred to the 1st Division in Vilseck where he spent the rest of the time as Brigade and Battalion Staff Officer, including ten months with the 1st Division deployed to Kosovo. He deployed to Iraq in February of 2004. He leaves his wife, Heidi, his son, Colin Patrick, his parents, Colonel Thomas L. and Laura Ivey Sims. He is the grandson of a major leader in the history of El Paso, the late Ben L. Ivey and Leone O. Drugan Ivey. His paternal grandfather, Walter K. Sims, is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army and was a long time resident of El Paso where he spent many years working for the Texas Employment Commission. He killed at age 32 when his unit came under small-arms fire while clearing a building in Fallujah, Iraq.
Army
2nd Battalion
2nd Infantry Regiment
1st Infantry Division
Vilseck, Germany
Burial is at College Station Cemetery in College Station, Texas
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