Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Shively, James Richard

Age: 63

  • Wheeler City, Texas, Wheeler County, United States

Military Information:

  • Silver Star
  • PH: Purple Heart
  • US Air Force
  • Vietnam Veteran
  • Cold War
  • POW: Prisoner of War
  • CPT: Captain
  • 1-Alpha List

Bio:

Who was the longest Air Force POW in Vietnam?
James Shively, an Air Force Pilot who was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967 and spent six years in the infamous Hanoi Hilton POW camp.
Civil occupation when returned: Federal prosecutor.

http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1041

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Cemetery:

Pines Cemetery, Spokane, Washington