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VERNON MARTIN WALLACE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1946 – August 26, 1968
Service recordVernon Martin Wallace, of Winnfield, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 35
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Winnfield, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 35
- MICHAEL PATRICK TROLIAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TWISTPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- BILLY RAY VENABLESergeant · August 26, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
From Winnfield
- FREDDIE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1967
- POLLARD HUGH MERCER JRMajor · January 20, 1968
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.