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ROBERT CHARLES WALLACE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1949 – September 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Wallace, of Plattsburgh, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Plattsburgh, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 20
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- PRYOR L WHEATFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1967
From Plattsburgh
- CARL JOSEPH LATOURSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD TOWNSLEYPrivate · January 5, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CONLEYCorporal · May 31, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT ASPINALLCorporal · September 13, 1967
- ROBERT VINCENT SIPELance Corporal · October 1, 1967
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- GENE ALFRED LABOUNTYLance Corporal · May 20, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON WRAYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
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.