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WALLACE JAMES MALONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1945 – November 21, 1966
Service recordWallace James Malone, of Oxford, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Imagery Analyst (96D)
- Born
- October 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Oxford, Nebraska (Furnas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 106
- JAMES EDWARD SMYTHESpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- ANDREW LEWIS STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- WILBERT STEWART JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
From Oxford
- RONALD DEAN STAFFORDCaptain · November 21, 1972
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.