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GILBERT EARL WALLACE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1936 – November 1, 1969
Service recordGilbert Earl Wallace, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 16
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
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 16
- JOHN EDWARD VANDENBERG JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1969
- JOHNNY DEWEY VOLLRATHCorporal · November 1, 1969
- DONALD GENE WEHRSergeant · November 1, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTTSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 11
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 12
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.