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WADE ANTHONY GREER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 29, 1943 – November 5, 1969
Service recordWade Anthony Greer, of Nacogdoches, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 5, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 34
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 34
- HOWARD L FLAMENTSpecialist Five · November 5, 1969
- DRANNON RAY GORDONFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
- EUGENE RAY JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- DOUGLAS PAUL LEFEVERMajor · November 5, 1969
From Nacogdoches
- JERRY MACK WALLAirman First Class · May 18, 1966
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · May 29, 1967
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · June 12, 1969
- HARREL EARL STEARNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
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.