Barton Scott Wade, age 33, from Jasper, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: December 21, 1972
Death details: On March 7, 1986, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILH, now DPAA) identified the remains of Commander Barton Scott Wade, missing from the Vietnam War.
Commander Wade joined the U.S. Navy from Indiana and was a member of Attack Squadron 75. On December 21, 1972, he was the bombardier and navigator aboard an A-6A Intruder (bureau number 152946) on a bombing mission against enemy targets near Kien An Airfield, North Vietnam. Commander Wade’s Intruder went down during the mission, and he died at some point following the incident. His remains could not be recovered at the time. In December 1985, a set of unknown remains were turned over to a group of U.S. investigators performing an excavation in Vietnam. Forensic analysis identified CDR Wade from these returned remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency