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WADE THOMAS SHAW
Private · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – December 19, 1968
Service recordWade Thomas Shaw, of Henning, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 46
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Henning, Tennessee (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 46
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · December 19, 1968
- NORMAN PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- DONALD ALLEN PLEDGERSpecialist Four · December 19, 1968
- RENE JAVIER SALAZARLance Corporal · December 19, 1968
From Henning
- HARMON WAYNE BURKSPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.