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MICHAEL WALTER WALLACE
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
September 12, 1936 – March 28, 1968
Service recordMichael Walter Wallace, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 28, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 60
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- September 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 60
- JOHN THOMAS SUMMERS IIICorporal · March 28, 1968
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- FRANK TAYLOR WATTSLance Corporal · March 28, 1968
- HOWARD DANIEL WEEKSSergeant · March 28, 1968
- WALTER GENE WILSONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.