SFC WASHINGTON L. JAMES
COMPLETING eight weeks of advanced individual training with the Second Armored Division at Fort Hood, Tex., was Pvt. Washington L. James, 21, son of Earnest L. James, Sprague. He entered the Army last June. Before entering the Army 'he was employed by Mountain State Termite Co., Prosperity. His mother, 'Mrs. Julia A. Jarrett, lives at Sprague. [The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 22 Feb 1960, Mon, Page 10] Pfc Washington L. James, whose wife Alice, lives in Shady Regularly assigned as rifleman in Company C, 39th In- at Fort Lewis, he entered the Army in June, 1959, and completed basic training at Fort Hood, Tex. The 21-year-old soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest L. Sprague, attended Woodrow Wilson High School;  [The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 15 Aug 1960, Mon, Page 12] Washington Lee James, 27, son of Mrs. Julia James, is undergoing four .months special training at Fort Benning, Ga. in preparation to a tour of duty in Viet Nam.    He has recently returned from a three and a half year in Germany where he served as Non Commissioned Of 5cer in Charge of Security Sections with the 28th Ordnance at Zweibruken.    Sgt. James has been in the Army for seven years.    His wife, Alice Faye, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Elkins, Shady Spring. Mrs. James and the couple's two sons will remain here. [The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, )1 May 1966, Sun, Page 21] Sgt W. James    Sgt. 1 C Washington Lee James, 27, of Shady Spring, was killed Tuesday in action in Vietnam.    Born Sept. 4, 1938 at Prosperity, he was a son of Ernest Lee and Julia Jarrett James of Mabscott. Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Faye Elkins James, Shady Spring; three sons, Terry, Kevin and Anthony, all at home; two Brothers, Owen, Cleveland, Ohio Doff with the U. S. Army Vietnam and three sisters, Mrs. Frances Gregory, Mrs. Alma Ward, both of Cleveland, Ohio and Miss Beverly Sue James of Mabscott.    The body is being returned to the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for completion of funeral arrangements. [The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, )01 Sep 1968, Wed Page 2]	In Vietnam Sgt. Washington James, son of Mrs. Julia James of Mabscott and Ernest James, also of Mabscott, Is serving in Vietnam. A drill sergeant at Ft. Benning, Ga. for the past 17 months, he has been assigned to a 13-month tour o( duty. His the former Alice Faye Elkins, and three sons will live at Shady Spring. [The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, )03 Apr 1968, Wed Page 17]   Sgt. W. James   Military rites for Sgt. FC Washington Lee James, 29, of Shady Spring will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the Perry Memorial Methodist Church with an Army chaplain in charge. Burial will be in Sunset Park.    Friends may call at the Rose Quesenberry Funeral Home 7 p.m. Saturday. He was killed in Vietnam on August 27. [The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 13 Sep 1968, Fri Page 2]   IN sad but loving memory of SFC Washington L. James, who was killed in action on August 27, 1968 Hue, Vietnam, and whose birthday would have been today, September 4th. Days have turned into years, Since you left us, But the memory of you Is still fresh in our hearts. Sadly Missed By Wife: Alice Sons: Terry, Kevin Anthony Mother: Mrs. Julia James And Family [The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, )04 Sep 1972, Moin Page 17]	Grave marker for Washington James in Westview I, Section 1-28, Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley (Raleigh county), West Virginia.. Washington L. James married Alice Faye Elkins in Shady Springs, WV on 24 June 1959. Washington  enlisted in the Army on 14 December 1963. Pvt James went through basic training as well as AIT (Advanced Individual Training) Following jump school And a posting to Germany, he was sent to Vietnam where he was killed in action on 27 august 1968. The Vietnam War Military Casualties listing carries him as "508th Inf, 1st Bn, A Co, Casualty Type: Hostile - Killed, Multi-Fragment Wounds" He is is honored on Panel 46W, Row 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.