10 Apr 2002 James was not long in Vietnam when our squad was hit that day... He was a good soldier. I will never forget all that were hit that day. From a combat brother, Lenard Blachly trikat2501@msn.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The MACV Summary for 09 April 1970 reflects two engagements in the A Shau Valley about 24 miles west-southwest of Hue: It is not clear that both engagements involved B Company, 2/501st Infantry but available records do indicate that Bravo 2/501st lost four men killed in action in the A Shau Valley on 09 Apr 1970: SSG James D. Mace, Deseret, UT; CPL Herman A. Clay, Richmond, TX; CPL Leroy Nelson, Theodore, AL; and CPL Charles G. Selman, Farmington, MI. Others were wounded, and one of those, PFC Thomas L. Gates of Cincinnati, Ohio, died from his wounds sixteen years later - on 25 November 1986. PFC Gates' name was added to the Wall on Veterans' Day 1994.

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