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BRIAN FRANCIS WALLACE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – August 15, 1967
Service recordBrian Francis Wallace, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 116
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 116
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JEROME YARBERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- CHARLES E BORDENPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES FRIELLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE COACHMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 112
- HARVEY JOSEPH MCSWAINPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 115
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.