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BICKETT ORLANDO WADE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – May 16, 1967
Service recordBickett Orlando Wade JR, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 11
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 20E, Line 11
- RALPH DENNIS SALERNOPrivate · May 16, 1967
- JOHN CLYDE SILVERCorporal · May 16, 1967
- DWIGHT ROSS STOCKHOLMPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- DANIEL ERNEST TOGNERIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WALTER BEDNARZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 5
- THOMAS JOSEPH GUARALDIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 8
- PETER JOSEPH NICOLINISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 9
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.