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BOYD LEE WADE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – January 9, 1970
Service recordBoyd Lee Wade, of Ringling, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Ringling, Oklahoma (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 18
- LARRY DONALD GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- ALFRED FLOYD HALLSergeant · January 9, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE HIBBLERSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- GEORGE ALEX HOLTSCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE EMBREESpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 17
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.