Rank: AO3
Date Killed in Action: 19 Apr 1971
Panel: 4W
Row: 135
U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY JOSN R. DAVID VALDEZ
From left:
Judy Pentecost, Wall’s sister
Rear Adm. Christopher W. Cole, Commander Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
Owen Picket, U.S. Congressman, D-Va.
Capt. George E. Slaven, Naval Support Activity Norfolk Commanding Officer
Angela Wall Solley, Wall’s daughter
Wall on Det 2, second from right with arm on gun
AO3 James A. Wall (center) receives the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry for heroism in action during a mission with HAL-3 Detachment 2 in 1970; Petty Officer Fred Meeks (right) also was decorated for heroism during the same engagement by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.