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RICHARD EDWARD WADE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1936 – November 4, 1967
Service recordRichard Edward Wade, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 22
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 22
- CURTIS EDWARD STIEFERMANStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- SANDERS KEY STROUD IIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- FLORENTINO TAFOYA JRSergeant · November 4, 1967
- JOHN VERNON TAYLOR JRCaptain · November 4, 1967
From Murfreesboro
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
- MARK ALBERT BABSON JRCaptain · October 14, 1969
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.