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CHARLES WALLACE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1946 – January 19, 1968
Service recordCharles Wallace JR, of Jupiter, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Jupiter, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 82
- JOHN AVERY ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- FRANKLIN ELLWOOD SOLLARSPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HOBART MCKINLEY WALLACE JRLieutenant Colonel · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BAKERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DECROSTASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 75
- RANDOLPH ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 78
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 79
- JOHN AVERY ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Jupiter
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- JOSEPH FRANK BENAKFireman · December 11, 1969
- JAY WESLY LADNERLance Corporal · March 7, 1970
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.