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WALLACE JAMES DIETZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1944 – April 12, 1968
Service recordWallace James Dietz, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 30
- RUSSELL HUBARD CORNISHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JOHN EDD CUNNINGHAM JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DELISASpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- STEPHEN JOHN ECKLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN STEIMBACHSpecialist Five · Panel 49E, Line 36
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.