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WALLACE THOMSON MCMAKIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1950 – August 12, 1969
Service recordWallace Thomson McMakin, of Union, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Union, South Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 19
- ROBERT ANTHONY OCONNORConstructionman · August 12, 1969
- RODNEY GLENN OXENDINECorporal · August 12, 1969
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- CARL PARTONStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
From Union
- HENRY DEAN LANKFORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CURTIS LEE JETERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1966
- TROY MURL PUCKETTSpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD LAWSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1973
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.