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ROBERT JOHN WADE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 3, 1939 – February 25, 1967
Service recordRobert John Wade, of Stratford, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 3, 1939
- Home of record
- Stratford, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 92
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- JOHN MALCOLM ZELENICKSpecialist Four · February 25, 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.