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WENDELL LEVERN WALLACE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1938 – December 31, 1970
Service recordWendell Levern Wallace, of Hogsett, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Hogsett, West Virginia (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 19
- FREDERICK R FRACIONECorporal · December 31, 1970
- DENNIS WADE WEBSTERSergeant · December 31, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD HUDSONSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- JACK EDWARD HYATTPrivate First Class · January 1, 1971
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.