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FRANKIE DON WADE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – March 25, 1967
Service recordFrankie Don Wade, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Structure Specialist (51C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 643 ENG CO 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 46
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE MOORESergeant · March 25, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- GARY KEN NEWMANPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · February 22, 1968
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.