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JACK DALE WADLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1946 – February 11, 1969
Service recordJack Dale Wadley, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 17
- JAMES STEPHENSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- LARRY KENNETH WHEELERLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · February 11, 1969
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.