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LARRY WADE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1940 – November 11, 1967
Service recordLarry Wade, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 78
- JOHN JOSEPH TISCORNIASpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- ANDERSON TURNERSergeant · November 11, 1967
- EDWARD URBANIAKSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH HARRY BARLETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 69
- THOMAS JAMES CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 70
- JOHN JAMES COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 71
- HAROLD DICKERSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 71
- JOHN PAUL FALCONE JRCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 72
- EDWARD BENJAMIN HARPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 72
- GREGORY JOHN DELLAMANDOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 73
- CALVIN CLIFFORD HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 73
- JESSE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 73
- VERNON JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 73
- WELDON JOHN MILESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- JAMES HENRY MCCRAEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- DENNIS CRAIG MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 76
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 77
- JEROME THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 77
- NATHANIEL ANTHONY THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 77
- EDWARD URBANIAKSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 78
- BRUCE ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 78
- CHARLES JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 79
From Pottstown
- RONALD J SEASHOLTZSergeant · April 11, 1966
- ROY ROBERT LAPISHSergeant First Class · March 4, 1967
- STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- DENNIS J MILLERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SOVIZALSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS WILLARD GUEST JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · March 1, 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.