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Personal info

Full name
WADE, Howard Vernon
Date of birth
19 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Hindsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Hometown
Benton County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38731095
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 1 13

Immediate family

Members
John W. Wade (father)
Matha L. (Creek) Wade (mother)
Anna May Wade (sister)
Clyde Wade (brother)
Bruce F. Wade Sr. (brother)
Raymond J. Wade (brother)
Naomi R. (Jenkins) Wade (wife)

More information

Pvt Howard V. Wade enlisted in Camp Joseph T Robinson Little Rock, Arkansas on 1 August 1944.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Pvt Howard V. Wade was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium on Block H4, Row 5, Grave 81.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Kueber / 1930 Census / Arkansas, County Marriages Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Rhonda