James Rassmann (born c. 1948) is a former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department lieutenant who served with the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group in the Vietnam War in 1968 and 1969. Now a resident of the U.S. state of Oregon, he has credited U.S. Senator John Kerry with having rescued him from the on March 13, 1969. Rassman is now a retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy sheriff and an "avid" orchid grower.