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EUGENE KENNETH WALLACE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1937 – June 18, 1969
Service recordEugene Kenneth Wallace, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 83
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 83
- GARY CHARLES SALANITROWarrant Officer 1 · June 18, 1969
- SOLOMON EUGENE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- THOMAS ALAN WILLARDSergeant · June 18, 1969
- DIETER ERIC WILLERTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.