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ROBERT MILTON WADE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1937 – October 12, 1967
Service recordRobert Milton Wade, of Blacksburg, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 18, 1937
- Home of record
- Blacksburg, Virginia (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 97
- THOMAS G DERRICKSON IILieutenant Colonel · October 12, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS POKERJIMPrivate · October 12, 1967
- RICHARD VROMAN SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · October 12, 1967
From Blacksburg
- WALTER KOSKOLieutenant Colonel · July 27, 1965
- FREDERICK FRENCH VANDEUSENLieutenant Colonel · July 3, 1968
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.