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James Tague Biography and Timeline

Follow James Tague through 20 dated historical records for United States of America.

James Tague, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1963

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Detective Walthers asked Tague where he had been standing, they discover on the upper part of the Main Street south curb a "very fresh scar" impact that looked like a bullet had struck there and taken a small chip out of the curbs concrete

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Soon after the shots were fired Tague was approached by a Dallas sheriff detective, Buddy Walthers, who had noticed that Tague had specks of blood on his right facial cheek.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Tague later testifies that the first shot he recalled hearing occurred after the Presidential limousine had already completed the 120-degree slow turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street and then straightened out.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Walthers tells Tague it looked like a bullet had been fired from one of the Houston and Elm Streets intersection buildings and had hit the curb.

FBI

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Detective Walthers asked Tague where he had been standing, they discover on the upper part of the Main Street south curb a "very fresh scar" impact that looked like a bullet had struck there and taken a small chip out of the curbs concrete

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Soon after the shots were fired Tague was approached by a Dallas sheriff detective, Buddy Walthers, who had noticed that Tague had specks of blood on his right facial cheek.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Tague later testifies that the first shot he recalled hearing occurred after the Presidential limousine had already completed the 120-degree slow turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street and then straightened out.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Walthers tells Tague it looked like a bullet had been fired from one of the Houston and Elm Streets intersection buildings and had hit the curb.

FBI

Dallas · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

James Tague, a spectator and witness to the assassination, recieves a minor wound to his right cheek while standing 270 feet (82 m) in front of where Kennedy is shot

Grassy Knoll

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Testifies to the Warren Commission that one or more shots came from the grassy knoll

1964

FBI

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Sometime after being spectrographically examined by the FBI in 1964 the FBI slides containing the trace physical elements of a bullet on the curbstone scar chip disappeared from the evidence

Testimony

Witness · Washington · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Testifies about being wounded near Dealey Plaza, evidence that figured in the Warren Commission's analysis of the number and path of shots.

Testimony

Witness · Washington · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Testifies to the Warren Commission that one or more shots came from the grassy knoll

FBI

Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Sometime after being spectrographically examined by the FBI in 1964 the FBI slides containing the trace physical elements of a bullet on the curbstone scar chip disappeared from the evidence

Testimony

Witness · Washington · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Testifies about being wounded near Dealey Plaza, evidence that figured in the Warren Commission's analysis of the number and path of shots.

2003

James Tague writes a book, Truth Withheld, detailing

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

James Tague writes a book, Truth Withheld, detailing his experiences during and after the assassination

Records, sources and methodology

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