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KEM L WALLACE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – July 17, 1969
Service recordKem L Wallace, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 13
- DEAN BROOKS ALLENFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- HERBERT FRANKLIN AMRHEINSergeant · July 18, 1969
- MARVIN LEE DIPERTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- DOUGLAS STANLEY DRESSENSergeant · July 18, 1969
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.