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WADE RUSSELL REAUME
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – March 25, 1968
Service recordWade Russell Reaume, of Bremerton, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Bremerton, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 22
- DAVID THOMAS ORWIG IIISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PFEUFFERSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE RAYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
From Bremerton
- DANIEL WILLIAM HARMONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RUSSELL BERNDT WALKERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT DEVOREPrivate · November 28, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE KERRLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
- CHARLES C ANDERSON JRCaptain · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- STEPHEN PETER BARKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JIMMIE ALAN DOLENCorporal · May 5, 1968
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.