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MERVIN EDEN WALLACE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 1, 1945 – July 25, 1968
Service recordMervin Eden Wallace served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1945
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 11
- LEE DINO TSOSIECorporal · July 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WENZELSergeant · July 25, 1968
- THURMAN WILLIAM WINSTONCorporal · July 25, 1968
- CHESTER LAWREN WITANEK JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN KENNETH BRISTOWSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 5
- CHARLES H PETERSDORF JRCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 9
- THURMAN WILLIAM WINSTONCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 11
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.