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BARTLEY ALLEN WALLACE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1940 – May 31, 1972
Service recordBartley Allen Wallace, of Watonga, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Practical Nurse (91C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Watonga, Oklahoma (Blaine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1972
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 34
- MONT STEVE SMOOTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1972
- JOE WOFFORD EUBANKSCaptain · June 2, 1972
- FREDERICK N SUTTLE JRCaptain · June 2, 1972
- HAROLD DANA JONESMajor · June 3, 1972
From Watonga
- MURLIN EUGENE BOONConstructionman · January 20, 1967
- TEDDY EARL HARGROVECorporal · June 13, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.