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GARY FRANK WALLACE
Captain · U.S. Army
April 22, 1940 – July 20, 1967
Service recordGary Frank Wallace, of Killen, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 96
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger (81531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Killen, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 96
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- CLYDE J STEPHENSSergeant · July 20, 1967
- IRVIN GRANT WEYANDTStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · July 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 95
From Killen
- WILLIAM NEWTON MCMURTREYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- JERRY REED JOHNSONSergeant · May 29, 1970
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.