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EPHRON WALLACE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1941 – October 5, 1965
Service recordEphron Wallace JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1941
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 109
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- DEAN ANDREW POGREBAColonel · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- RAYMOND BAILEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILMER BLODGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 106
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 107
- THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 108
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 108
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 109
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
- GERARD GEORGE SCHNITGERPrivate First Class · December 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.