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CHARLES FRANKLIN WALLACE
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1929 – August 28, 1967
Service recordCharles Franklin Wallace, of Ellisville, Mississippi, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 211 MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- May 27, 1929
- Home of record
- Ellisville, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 60
- ROBERT HUGH STEELECorporal · August 28, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES WAGERConstructionman · August 28, 1967
- OSCAR ANZALDUAPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
From Ellisville
- SIM SMEDDLEY STEVERSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES MCNAIRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- ROBERT EARL POORESpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- JOHN TERRY GRAYSpecialist Four · April 7, 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.