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ULYSSES WALLACE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1948 – November 27, 1969
Service recordUlysses Wallace, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 129
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 129
- JOHNNIE MITCHELL WAHLSergeant · November 27, 1969
- BLAINE HENRY WALSHSeaman · November 27, 1969
- ANGEL LUIS ACEVEDO-MILLANSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- THOMAS EARL ASKEWSergeant · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE MITCHELL WAHLSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 129
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.