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Navy Plans to Honor Seawolf Aircrewman with Building Dedication to AO3 James A Wall
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by Gordon I Peterson Capt Arthur H. Barber III, the commanding officer of Naval Station Norfolk, VA., has forwarded a proposal to the Chief of Naval Operations Adm Jay L Johnson to name a modern enlisted barracks in honor of Aviation Ordinanceman 3rd Class James A. Wall. Wall, a highly decorated Seawolf aircrewman and door gunner, was killed in action on April 19, 1971, while serving with Detachment 8 at Rach Gia, Republic of Vietnam. Barber, who assumed responsibility for the former naval air station earlier this year following the regional consolidation of Naval activities in Norfolk, said that it …