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JAMES MASSEY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1933 – August 24, 1965
Service recordJames Massey, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 10, 1933
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 126
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- LARRY ALAN THORNEMajor · October 18, 1965
- SAMUEL THEODORE BAKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1965
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- JOHN BOWERS WORCESTERLieutenant Commander · October 19, 1965
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.