Samuel Larry James

Vietnam War
Unit13th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromChattanooga Tennessee
Date of DeathApril 18 1973
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain James was a member of the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On April 18, 1973, he was the weapons systems officer a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) with the task of spotting a target with a smoke rocket in Cambodia. His aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on February 17, 1998 and identified on March 5, 1999. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.