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WADE LAMAR BROOME
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – June 28, 1968
Service recordWade Lamar Broome, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 13
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 13
- LORENZO RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- HECTOR SANTIAGO-COLONSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE SEIDELCorporal · June 28, 1968
- YANCEY SMITH JRPrivate · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HOUSTON BAKERCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 8
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 8
- KENNETH WAYNE SEIDELCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 13
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.