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WADE HAMPTON ROLLINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – February 19, 1971
Service recordWade Hampton Rollins, of Waldorf, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 121
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Waldorf, Maryland (Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 121
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · February 19, 1971
- CHARLES TONEY MATTHEWSSergeant · February 19, 1971
- LEONARD ALLEN MONNETTSpecialist Five · February 19, 1971
- LYLE ELTON SMITHSergeant · February 19, 1971
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.