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MICHAEL D WALLACE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1946 – August 13, 1966
Service recordMichael D Wallace, of Huntington Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Huntington Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 2
- GARY LEE SARGENTSergeant · August 13, 1966
- BOBBY JOE SHOCKLEYSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- GARY LIONEL VINASCaptain · August 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN IVORY JONES JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 131
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 133
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · Panel 10E, Line 1
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 1
- BOBBY JOE SHOCKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 2
- RONALD LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 3
From Huntington Beach
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
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.