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GERALD ROBERT WADE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1935 – December 23, 1969
Service recordGerald Robert Wade, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 88
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Expert Linguist (04C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 88
- EDWARD LEROY ROGERSSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHAMPREAUX WHITEFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1969
- ALFRED LACY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.