Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 18-Nov-1937
Hometown: Blacksburg, Virginia
Marital status: Married to Barbara Y. Wade, one son, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 28-Jul-1967
Incident date: 12-Oct-1967
Date of casualty: 12-Oct-1967
Age at death: 29
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Drowning. Drowned, suffocated.
Robert Milton Wade died as the result of drowning while swimming near base camp when he was caught by undertow and drowned.
Location of fatality: Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, Texas, USA
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