THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever....

Captain James Ernest Casale, Served with the 539th Engineer Detachment (Okinawa), 5th Special Forces Group, United States Army Vietnam.

I was the duty officer of S.F. Detachment C-3 in Bien Hoa on the day the V.C. killed him in the observation plane. He was working on a project to open a new camp near where his was killed on the edge of War Zone C. I took the report on single side band radio from the B Team, informed our commander, and sent a report to the Hq 5th S. F. Group in Nha Trang. I met him once of twice while he was in the area working for us. This has haunted me forever! I have only good memories of him.

CPT James E. Casale was an Airborne-qualified Civil Engineer from the 539th Engineer Detachment at Okinawa. While in Vietnam, he was attached to the 5th Special Forces Group (Detachment A-323). On May 29, 1966, he was in the back seat of an Cessna O-1 Bird Dog light-observation plane conducting a visual reconnaissance for a new site for A-323 when the aircraft was fired on by a hostile ground force. Casale was fatally wounded in the stomach during the attack. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and togetherweserved.com]

Dear Captain James Casale,
Thank you for your service as an Airborne Qualified Civil Engineer. It is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.