US PARAS 2 Shaw, Wade Thomas

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Shaw​

• FORENAME

Wade Thomas​

• UNIT

506 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company D,3 Bn)​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

10824617​

• DATE OF DEATH

19th December 1968​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Elam Baptist Church Cemetery,Durhamville,Lauderdale County,Tennessee​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Henning,Tennessee​

born 26.5.1947 near Henning,Tennessee​

son of Will Thomas and Robirda Shaw,Durhamville-Orysa,Tennessee​

single​

entered service (USMC) October 1965​

2 previous tours of Vietnam​

injured 1967​

506 IR (Company A,3 Bn) 30.5.1968​

506 IR (Company D,3 Bn) 12.6.1968​

awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal​

WIA northwest of Song Mao,Binh Thuan Province,South Vietnam​

DOW same day 3 Bn Aid Station,LZ Betty,Phan Thiet,Binh Thuan Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 36W Line 46​

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