Sean P. Sims

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to Sean P. Sims, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, during combat action against enemy forces in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM near Fallujah, Iraq, during November 2004. Captain Sims planned and executed the task force’s main attack against entrenched enemy forces, then held position under constant fire to establish a foothold in northeast Fallujah. He led a 14-hour house-to-house fight, frequently leaving the safety of his Bradley fighting vehicle, then led a fight to seize, then hold Highway 10 against constant enemy counterattack. His company killed more than 40 enemy fighters, destroyed 35 homemade bombs and a dozen weapons caches. He was shot and killed while clearing a building in Fallujah November 13.