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JAMES SALLEY JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1930 – March 31, 1971
Service recordJames Salley JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 31, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 97
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 22 MACV
- Born
- August 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 31, 1971
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1971; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 97
- MICHAEL SHEA MCLHERNPrivate First Class · March 31, 1971
- BILLY RAY PARNELLCorporal · March 31, 1971
- ROGER GLEN REIDWarrant Officer 1 · March 31, 1971
- GUY GENE SHANNON JRStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1971
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.