| SP4 - E4 - Army - Regular 1st AVN BDE 19 year old Single, Caucasian, Male Born on Nov 03, 1948 From BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Length of service 2 years. His tour of duty began on May 24, 1967 Casualty was on Jun 24, 1968 in DARLAC, SOUTH VIETNAM NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE Body was recovered Religion ROMAN CATHOLIC Panel 55W - - Line 26 |
I remember being at the 8th Medical Dispensary right after lunch sitting around talking to a couple of
the other medics who were assigned there. We were part of the 155th Assault Helicopter Company in
Ban Me Thouc. On this day I heard a gun shot go off in our base camp near us and a couple of minutes
later someone ran in and asked us to come quick as someone had been shot, to please hurry. I grab a
medical aid bag and ran after the guy and someone else went to get Dr. Mirman, our Flight Surgeon. I
noticed a gun shot wound to the guys chest on the left side. I cut off his shirt and started to apply a
bandage to his wound. Dr. Mirman arrived and immediately began CPR. He did the heart
compresssions and I did the mouth-to-mouth. He instructed one the other medics to run and get some
whole blood and his medical bag. We worked on James for over a half an hour and we were not able to
bring him back. After James was pronounce dead we found out one of his best friends named Sgt.
Sparks and James always played a game of cops and robbers and they would point their 45 cal revolvers
at each other and pull the trigger. This time the gun was not unloaded. I never found out what
happened to Sgt. Sparks. WHAT A STUPID WAY TO DIE !!!
the other medics who were assigned there. We were part of the 155th Assault Helicopter Company in
Ban Me Thouc. On this day I heard a gun shot go off in our base camp near us and a couple of minutes
later someone ran in and asked us to come quick as someone had been shot, to please hurry. I grab a
medical aid bag and ran after the guy and someone else went to get Dr. Mirman, our Flight Surgeon. I
noticed a gun shot wound to the guys chest on the left side. I cut off his shirt and started to apply a
bandage to his wound. Dr. Mirman arrived and immediately began CPR. He did the heart
compresssions and I did the mouth-to-mouth. He instructed one the other medics to run and get some
whole blood and his medical bag. We worked on James for over a half an hour and we were not able to
bring him back. After James was pronounce dead we found out one of his best friends named Sgt.
Sparks and James always played a game of cops and robbers and they would point their 45 cal revolvers
at each other and pull the trigger. This time the gun was not unloaded. I never found out what
happened to Sgt. Sparks. WHAT A STUPID WAY TO DIE !!!
