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STEVEN MICHAEL WADE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1951 – August 7, 1970
Service recordSteven Michael Wade, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 92
- THEODORE C KAPPMEYERCorporal · August 7, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM MACNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1970
- THOMAS WELCH SHEAFirst Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- STEPHEN CRAIG BRIESECorporal · August 8, 1970
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.