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JOHNSON CITY - Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army (ret), James D. Lundy, marched off this mortal coil 29 January, 2021. Long a resident of Johnson City, Tennessee, he was born in Covington, Tennessee, 11 February, 1932.
Raised in a farming community, at 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Completing his basic Infantry courses, he was stationed in Korea, just as hostilities erupted. Jim was wounded in Korea as he was climbing onto the tank he had managed to wave down so he could get the remnants of his unit a ride to escape capture during the U.S. Forces withdrawal south to Seoul. After recovering from his wounds, CSM Lundy advanced through the ranks, serving in a multitude of positions and units, including Infantry, Engineer and Training units, both in the United States and in the Federal Republic of Germany. Jim again entered combat, this time in Viet Nam. Upon his return, he was assigned to the ROTC detachment at East Tennessee State University, from which he finally retired in 1979