James Tague

James "Jim" Thomas Tague (October 17, 1936 – February 28, 2014) was a witness to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Tague received a minor wound to his right cheek immediately prior to the assassination, caused by tiny pieces of concrete debris from a street curb that was struck by a bullet presumably intended for Kennedy. Besides Kennedy and Texas Governor John B. Connally, Tague was the only person known to have been wounded by gunfire in Dallas's Dealey Plaza that day.

Life

Tague was born in Plainfield, Indiana. He served in the United States Air Force and subsequently became a car dealer in Dallas.

The Kennedy assassination

Tague had been driving to downtown Dallas to have lunch with a friend when he came upon a traffic jam due to the presidential motorcade. He then stopped his car, got out of it, and stood by Dealey Plaza, at the south curb of Main Street, 520 feet (160 m) southwest of the Texas School Book Depository. Tague was a few feet east of the eastern edge of the triple underpass railroad bridge, when he saw the presidential limousine and heard the first shot.