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JAMES EARL WALLACE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – September 8, 1966
Service recordJames Earl Wallace, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 78
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD REELPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- MICHAEL GORDON TANDYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- EMMITT JAMES WILKEY JRGunnery Sergeant · September 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 76
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 76
- CARL DEANE METROSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 77
- ROBERT LEWIS PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 77
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
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.