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EDDIE WALLACE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – January 13, 1969
Service recordEddie Wallace, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 86
- GARY ROBERT WEATHERHEADChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 13, 1969
- DAVID VERNON ADAMSCorporal · January 14, 1969
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- RICHARD ADIUTORISpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN GERE KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 83
- JAMES RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 85
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 85
- GARY ROBERT WEATHERHEADChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 35W, Line 86
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
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.