ASA KIA Cpt. James D. Stallings

06/01/99 20:47

Cpt. James D. Stallings
Killed in Action

--- General / Personal ---

Last name: STALLINGS
First name: JAMES D
Home of Record (official): CARTHAGE
State (official): TN
Date of Birth: Wednesday, August 31, 1932
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married

--- Military ---

Branch: Army
Rank: CPT
Serial Number: O82239
Component: Regular
Pay grade: O3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 9640

--- Action ---

Start of Tour: Friday, April 15, 1966
Date of Casualty: Sunday, September 25, 1966
Age at time of loss: 34
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Other explosive device (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Unknown/Not Reported
The Wall: Panel 11E - Row 018
LASTNAME: STALLINGS FIRSTNAME: JAMES D IDNO: O82239 SVC: A COMP: R RANK: CPT GRADE: O3 MOS: 9640 AGE: 34 HOME: CARTHAGE ST: TN CASDATE: 19660925 CAS1: A1 CAS2: G CAS3: 7 BODY: --- CTRY: VS PROV: 99 LSVC: 12 BIRDATE: 19320831 RACE: C REL: BO MAR: M SEX: M CIT: 1 TOURD: 660415 PANL: 11E LINE: 018 REFNO: 3268 PDATE: 6609

Details:
I met Captain Stallings when I was TDY to the 337^th RR CO while the 409^th Detachment was at the Long Binh staging area. Captain Stallings was killed by a claymore mine while returning from a PRD1 site, I was told. The Sargeant that was with him dragged him from the M151 to cover, not knowing that Captain Stallings was all ready dead. An ARVN unit behind them said that they received small arms fire from the trees. The driver lost his right leg and the Sargeant received a Silver Star for his actions.
Yours,
David N. McDonald
409^th ASA (RR) Detachment 04/66 - 01/67 (Ft Meade to Xaun Loc).
337^th RR Company 01/67 - 11/68 (DiAn to Lai Khe)
dmcdonld@bellsouth.net

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