David Wade (Louisiana)
| David Wade | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
June 15, 1911 Minden, Louisiana |
| Died | May 11, 1990 (aged 78) |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch |
United States Army (1935–47) United States Air Force (1947–67) |
| Years of service | 1935–1967 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
Eighth Air Force Second Air Force 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force 1st Missile Division 21st Air Division 57th Air Division 92d Bombardment Wing 303d Bombardment Wing 98th Bombardment Wing 19th Bombardment Group 9th Bombardment Group 34th Combat Crew Training School |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Korean War Vietnam War |
| Awards |
Legion of Merit (2) Distinguished Flying Cross Soldier's Medal Air Medal (2) Air Force Commendation Medal |
David Wade (June 15, 1911 – May 11, 1990) was a decorated American lieutenant general from three wars who after military retirement on March 1, 1967, served in two appointed positions in the state government of his native Louisiana. The David Wade Correctional Center, a prison in Claiborne Parish, is named in his honor.
Wade was born in Minden in Webster Parish, which had been created in 1871 from Claiborne Parish. He was reared in the Holly Springs community, known today primarily for a Baptist church and a cemetery located off U.S. Highway 79 between Minden and Homer in Claiborne Parish. He attended the long since defunct Harris High School and Homer Junior College and procured the Bachelor of Science in engineering from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish. He entered the United States Army and served thereafter in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
In February 1935, Wade launched what developed into a 32-year military career when he enlisted as a cadet in the United States Army Air Corps, the forerunner of the Air Force. He underwent pilot training at Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas. He was an until November 1941, when he was named assistant director and then director of training at the U.S. Army base in Big Spring in Howard County in West Texas, a position which he retained until October 1943. For that point forward, Wade was constantly reassigned, usually every two to four years, to different locations by the Army and later the Air Force. In the fall of 1943, he assumed new duties as commanding officer of the 34th Combat Crew Training School and then the 9th Bomb Group in Blythe, California, and Walla Walla, Washington, respectively, until March 1945. At that time, Wade became deputy commander of the 320th Bomb Wing in Sacramento, California.
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