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ROOSEVELT WALLACE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 17, 1949 – October 7, 1969
Service recordRoosevelt Wallace, of Guyton, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Guyton, Georgia (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 48
- MICHAEL KAY KNIGHTSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN NORTONLieutenant (junior grade) · October 7, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SHEPPARD JRSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- LOUIS BASIL ALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 47
From Guyton
- CHARLES JAMES EVANSSergeant · July 23, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD BUSH JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR LANIERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- DAVID WARREN WINDSOR JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1971
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.