THE WALL OF FACES

1st LIEUTENANT

JAMES LINDSAY BADLEY


who served as a


PILOT


with the


480th TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON

366th TACTICAL FIGHTER WING

7th AIR FORCE

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE


was a posthumous recipient of the


SILVER STAR

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS

AIR MEDAL

PURPLE HEART

USAF COMMENDATION MEDAL

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL





THE PROUD YOUNG VALOR THAT ROSE ABOVE THE MORTAL
AND THEN, AT LAST, WAS MORTAL AFTER ALL





YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE





18 JANUARY 1999

James has a military stone in his honor at Willamette Nat Cem.

I will never forget you, my Friend. You, your room mate Rick Drury and I were the "Three Amigos" of Williams AFB Pilot Training. I can still picture you in that orange flight suit washing that flashey maroon Corvair or leading the pack during PT. You could run like a deer!
You were a prime example of our nations finest young men and the only one I knew who had a father that had served in the USAF--and were you ever proud of him! As a father now,I can imagine how proud he must have been of you!!!!
I touch your name and say a prayer for you and your family whenever I visit "The Wall" and I look forward to the day we meet again my brother. VR

I never met you but heard so much from your sister Bonnie. I grew to admire you and your dedication to Air Force. You were truly loved by many and will never be forgotten. Our school
celebrates Veterans Day every year and you are one along with 1LT Sharon Lane we honor so much. We have displays about you and your life along with 1LT Lanes in our glass case in the commons area in our school. Wish I could have met you.

JAMES LINSDAY BADLEY , I was "in country" when you made the supreme sacrifice. I never met you there and until now I didn't know you were gone. But from now on, every time I hold my hand over my heart at our anthem, I will remember you, dear friend.