HONORED ON PANEL 28E, LINE 48 OF THE WALL
JAMES EDWARD DOOLEY
WALL NAME
JAMES E DOOLEY
PANEL / LINE
28E/48
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POSTED ON 2.2.1999
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF A FINE YOUNG NAVY PILOT WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
JAMES EDWARD DOOLEY
ATTACK SQUADRON 163
USS ORISKANY (CVA 34)
LCDR DOOLEY WAS A PILOT ASSIGNED TO
ATTACK SQUADRON 163 ONBOARD
THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ORISKANY (CVA 34)
AND ON OCTOBER 22, 1967 WAS FLYING AN
A4E AIRCRAFT IN THE SECOND DIVISION OF
THE SQUADRON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT ON A
STRIKE MISSION OVER NORTH VIETNAM WITH
THE TARGET BEING HAIPHONG RAILROAD YARD.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT LCDR DOOLEY'S AIRCRAFT
WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AS HE
PULLED OFF THE TARGET.
WITNESSES OBSERVED HIS PLANE STRAIGHT
AND LEVEL AND STREAMING FUEL WHILE HEADING
EASTWARD TOWARD OPEN WATER AT ABOUT 6000 FEET.
THE AIRCRAFT THEN COMMENCED A GRADUAL
DESCENT HEADING TOWARD THE WATER AND CRASHED.
THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER IN A NOSE
AND WING DOWN ATTITUDE ABOUT 1 MILE FROM LAND.
A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE AREA WAS CONDUCTED
BY THE STRIKE GROUP BUT THERE WAS NO
EVIDENCE OF A SURVIVOR.
THERE WAS NO PARACHUTE SEEN NOR ANY RADIO
TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE IMPACT AREA.
THE SURROUNDING LAND AREA WAS DENSELY
POPULATED AND IF A PILOT HAD EJECTED HE
WOULD MOST CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN CAPTURED
IMMEDIATELY.
LCDR JAMES EDWARD DOOLEY
WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED AS
MISSING IN ACTION
BUT SIX YEARS LATER AT THE END OF THE WAR
THIS WAS CHANGED TO PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN ACTION.
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR WILL YOU EVER BE
JAMES EDWARD DOOLEY
ATTACK SQUADRON 163
USS ORISKANY (CVA 34)
LCDR DOOLEY WAS A PILOT ASSIGNED TO
ATTACK SQUADRON 163 ONBOARD
THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ORISKANY (CVA 34)
AND ON OCTOBER 22, 1967 WAS FLYING AN
A4E AIRCRAFT IN THE SECOND DIVISION OF
THE SQUADRON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT ON A
STRIKE MISSION OVER NORTH VIETNAM WITH
THE TARGET BEING HAIPHONG RAILROAD YARD.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT LCDR DOOLEY'S AIRCRAFT
WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AS HE
PULLED OFF THE TARGET.
WITNESSES OBSERVED HIS PLANE STRAIGHT
AND LEVEL AND STREAMING FUEL WHILE HEADING
EASTWARD TOWARD OPEN WATER AT ABOUT 6000 FEET.
THE AIRCRAFT THEN COMMENCED A GRADUAL
DESCENT HEADING TOWARD THE WATER AND CRASHED.
THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER IN A NOSE
AND WING DOWN ATTITUDE ABOUT 1 MILE FROM LAND.
A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE AREA WAS CONDUCTED
BY THE STRIKE GROUP BUT THERE WAS NO
EVIDENCE OF A SURVIVOR.
THERE WAS NO PARACHUTE SEEN NOR ANY RADIO
TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE IMPACT AREA.
THE SURROUNDING LAND AREA WAS DENSELY
POPULATED AND IF A PILOT HAD EJECTED HE
WOULD MOST CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN CAPTURED
IMMEDIATELY.
LCDR JAMES EDWARD DOOLEY
WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED AS
MISSING IN ACTION
BUT SIX YEARS LATER AT THE END OF THE WAR
THIS WAS CHANGED TO PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN ACTION.
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR WILL YOU EVER BE
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