US PARAS 2 Thackrey, Wade Elwood,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thackrey​

• FORENAME

Wade Elwood,Jr​

• UNIT

501 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company D,2 Bn)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

15794737​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th February 1968​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Prairie View Cemetery,Macomb,Pottawatomie County,Oklahoma​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Lubbock,Texas​

born 15.1.1948​

son of Wade Elwood and Mary Ellen Thackrey​

father (1923-83) served as PFC US Army in WW2​

single​

1 year service​

promoted Cpl posthumously​

KIA Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 39E Line 54​

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[KFB]

Eternal rest grant unto him and let perpetual peace shine upon him.