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SAMUEL LARRY JAMES
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1945 – April 18, 1973
Service recordSamuel Larry James, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 18, 1973, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555C)
- Born
- July 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 18, 1973
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1973. In April 1973, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
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.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 117
- DOUGLAS KENT MARTINCaptain · April 18, 1973
- EDWARD R SITZSergeant · April 21, 1973
- LARRY EDWARD LAWSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1973
- JEREMIAH FREDERICK COSTELLOCaptain · May 25, 1973
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.