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NATHANIEL WADE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1941 – June 18, 1968
Service recordNathaniel Wade, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 28
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 28
- JOHN RODNEY SCHURRERCorporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- ALBERT RUSSELL TAYLOR IIStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
- KEITH DEGERO TAYLORLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SIDNEY MCLEAN CONOLLY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 18
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.