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RICHARD COURTNEY WALLACE
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
May 14, 1938 – November 8, 1968
Service recordRichard Courtney Wallace, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 39
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 (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- May 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 39
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS VOLZPetty Officer Third Class · November 8, 1968
- GARY JOHN ALLENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER PAUL BLASKO JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 36
- STEPHEN THOMAS VOLZPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 39
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.