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DANIEL LEON WALLACE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – March 2, 1970
Service recordDaniel Leon Wallace, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Microwave Systems Repairer (26L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 76
- ERVIN LEE TUTTLESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- HARLEY DAIRREL WHITNEYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM WIRTHPrivate First Class · March 2, 1970
- DANIEL AGUILERAPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 73
- DANNY JOE QUAITESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 75
- HARLEY DAIRREL WHITNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 76
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.