Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: M Company, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 76K – General Supply Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, United Nations Service Medal for Korea
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 31-Jan-2025
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Marital status: Married to Theresa Messick, two sons, four daughters
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 23-Aug-1966
Incident date: 8-Jan-1967
Date of casualty: 8-Jan-1967
Age at death: 41
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
James Avery Messick was a passenger in a military vehicle when it by fragments from a hostile claymore mine.
Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
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