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WALLACE JOSEPH DEPREO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 2, 1952 – October 17, 1971
Service recordWallace Joseph Depreo, of Bay St Louis, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1952
- Home of record
- Bay St Louis, Mississippi (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 41
- ALVIS T BARRINGTON JRSergeant · October 17, 1971
- BARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · October 17, 1971
- LAUREN RAY EVERETTCommander · October 17, 1971
- DAVID ROBERT HOUSERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BARRY ALAN BOWMANCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 40
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 40
- ALVIS T BARRINGTON JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 41
- BARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 41
- ROBERT MITCHELL WEBB JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 42
From Bay St Louis
- JOE EBERT ALLENSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · June 5, 1969
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.