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MELVIN ALEXANDER WADE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1946 – May 8, 1967
Service recordMelvin Alexander Wade, of Lewis, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Lewis, New York (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 68
- RALPH H WATINGTON JRCorporal · May 8, 1967
- HENRY RAY WICKERLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 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.