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JOHN THOMAS WALLACE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1945 – April 20, 1971
Service recordJohn Thomas Wallace, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 136
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- April 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 136
- KEVIN DOUGLAS GROGANSergeant · April 20, 1971
- JOSEPH LINDSEY HALLCorporal · April 20, 1971
- SCOTT WINFIELD JONESSergeant · April 20, 1971
- CHARLES RICHARD LABOUNTYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1971
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.