James LaMotte’s issued green beret with a 5th Special Forces Group (ABN) flash and a Vietnamese tailor embroidered liner.
In 1968, James LaMotte served with Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MAC V SOG), Forward Operational Base #4 (FOB#4), Recon Company, assigned to Recon Team Copperhead.
Staff Sergeant (E-6) James C. LaMotte processed out of the Army in 1970 after three and a half years’ service with twenty months in Vietnam.