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FRANKIE LEE WALLACE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1940 – February 4, 1966
Service recordFrankie Lee Wallace, of Cherokee, Alabama, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 1
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Cherokee, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 1
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- RICHARD HAROLD MAINPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 1
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.