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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Lee Wade.

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THOMAS LEE WADE

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

April 5, 1947 – May 11, 1968

Service record

Thomas Lee Wade, of New River, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 58E · Line 27

Position of Panel 58E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
199 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
April 5, 1947
Home of record
New River, Virginia (Pulaski County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 11, 1968
Age
21
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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What was happening

54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 58E, Line 27

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.