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ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1943 – July 31, 1967
Service recordRobert Michael Wallace, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 57
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 57
- DAVID L SCRUGGSStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- GLEN EMERY SHROPSHIREWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- BOBBY DALE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WAYNE BRYA ALLWOODSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 53
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 54
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 55
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 56
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 57
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 58
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.