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RUSSELL WADE EADS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1949 – May 4, 1969
Service recordRussell Wade Eads, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 110
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 110
- GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELLSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- RAYMOND HERBERT BRODIE JRCorporal · May 4, 1969
- JAMES POTITO FLAGELLAFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE LEMASTERWarrant Officer 1 · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 110
- ALAN EDWARD SINGERSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 3
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.