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- The Dallas Morning News, 21 Nov 1954
Col. Bassett Funeral Set
Funeral services will be held in Washington Tuesday for Col. James Albert Bassett, 39,, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Bassett of 6975 Bob-o-link Drive, who was killed Friday in a helicopter accident at Carthage, N.C.
Burial is expected to be in Arlington National Cemetery for Colonel Bassett, a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and of West Point Military Academy, his father said Saturday.
Bassett was born and reared in Dallas. He attended Rice Institute one year and was graduated from West Point in 1938. He was assigned to the Army's airborne command.
Besides his parents, Colonel Bassett is survived by his wife and two sons. Steven Cook Bassett and David Hays Bassett, all of Fort Bragg, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. H. Fred Martin Jr., Bethesda, Md., Mrs. B.E. Glawe, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs. Jack G. Merrell, Arlington, Va.
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Bassett Family Association Database
d. 13 Feb 2007, Dallas, Texas