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Jimmy Malone was born in Memphis Tennessee on September 13,
1946.
In May of 1966 Jimmy Malone was in Vietnam. Pvt. Jimmy Malone
was the
radio operator for Charlie Company, which was operating at the time of his tour
in Binh Hoa Province, Republic of Vietnam. On the 4th of May 1966, as 4-5
platoons were encamped at a temporary position, Malone was instructed to
go to the weapons platoon position to pick up his platoon's mail. He did not
show up at 1830 hours for a standard briefing that all personnel were
required to attend.
A search was initiated for Malone, but no trace of him was
found. The
battalion commander ordered the search to include helicopters equipped
with loud speaker systems to broadcast instructions in case he could hear.
The search continued for the remainder of the day and for the next. Another
platoon was called in to assist, but no trace of Malone was ever found.
Jimmy Malone is among nearly 2500 Americans who remain
unaccounted
for in Vietnam. Since the war ended, over 10,000 reports concerning
Americans missing or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia have been
received by the U. S. Government. Many experts are completely
convinced that hundreds of Americans are now held captive.
One set of critics say that the U. S. has done little to
address the issue of
live POWs, preferring the politically safer issue of remains return. Other
place the blame on the Vietnamese, for using the issue of POW/MIAs to their
political advantage. Regardless of blame, no living American has returned
through the efforts of negotiations between the countries, and the reports
continue to pour in. Are we doing enough to bring these men home?
I don't know. Vietnam? Dead? Alive?
Jimmy McDonald Malone was promoted to the rank of Staff
Sergeant during
the period he was maintained missing?
