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DWIGHT I ADE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1947 – March 29, 1970
Service recordDwight I Ade, of Owosso, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Owosso, Michigan (Shiawassee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 54
- JAMES THOMAS WATSONSergeant · March 28, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1970
- BILL R ACKERMANCorporal · March 29, 1970
- BARTOLO AMADOR BARELA JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 55
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAINLEYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JIMMY ISHMAEL HICKSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- STARET JOHN INGLESTONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DAVID MICHAEL KINGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DONN MICHAEL LORBERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- GILBERT COROA PEIXOTOCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
- PAUL ROBERT STEPP JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
- MICHAEL JAMES WAINWRIGHTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 59
From Owosso
- MILTON DONALD BRITTONMajor · April 6, 1962
- ARNEL J DAVIS JRSergeant · June 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
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.