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David Bard Wainwright
First Lieutenant
254TH MED DET (HA), 498TH MED CO (AA), 43RD MED GROUP, 44TH MED BDE, USARV Army of the United States Port Byron, Illinois March 26, 1942 to October 04, 1967 DAVID B WAINWRIGHT is on the Wall at Panel 27E, Line 51 |
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David has been gone many more years than he walked this earth, yet I remember him constantly. We never served togther but went through ROTC at Wichita State about the same time. He was a year ahead of me. We were members of an honorary military fraternity "Scabbard and Blade." He was a great guy. He pulled beer at the most popular campus haunt and dated one of the cutest girls on campus. He was also a cadet colonel. All in all he was a big man on campus in every sense of the word. His death was a great loss to the military. He would certainly have been a career man and would have ended up with stars on his shoulders. Just ask one of his subordinates who got two, MG Greg Gile, USA (Ret). When ever I feel low I ask myself what Dave would do if were given this day to live and all at once rain or strain doesn't seem so problematic. The Wall is covered with thousands of David Bard Wainwrights. They are all missed by their loved ones; this is mine. And, when I look at the Wall I realize that it could easily have been him looking at my name rather than me looking at his. He would not have forgotten me. I will not forget him.
From a college classmate and Scabbard and Blade brother, |
A Note from The Virtual WallFive men from the 254th Medical Detachment died when UH-1D tail number 65-12848 crashed during a bad-weather medevac attempt near Tuy Hoa on the night of 04 Oct 1967:
Lt. Wainwright graduated from Wichita State University in 1966 as a distinguished military graduate of the ROTC program. He was a physical education major and a member of the WSU Spirit Squad. The David Bard Wainwright Memorial Scholarship was established at Wichita State University by his wife, Mrs. Sharon Wainwright, to encourage students who major in education. |
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