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JOHN CLAYTON WALLACE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 18, 1946 – September 26, 1968
Service recordJohn Clayton Wallace, of Neosho, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 25
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Neosho, Missouri (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 25
- RICHARD BARRY TROTTERStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM WEBB JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM ARNOLD WESTLAKECorporal · September 26, 1968
- JOSEPH GEORGE AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS EUGENE GOSSAGESpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 17
- JOHN WAYNE STATESStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 23
- WILLIAM ARNOLD WESTLAKECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 25
From Neosho
- GARY WAYNE MAYPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE PATTONSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- TERRY LESTER ZUMALTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
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.