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WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1945 – February 14, 1966
Service recordWilliam Robert Wallace, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 37
- TERRY JOE REEDPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- BOBBY RAY WAYMANLance Corporal · February 14, 1966
- WATSON WILLISSergeant First Class · February 14, 1966
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 31
- IRA C BOGGS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 31
- BOBBY JOE BRASWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- GARRY COYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 32
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS GAMBRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- GEORGE E HAYESSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 34
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 34
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 35
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 36
- TERRY JOE REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 37
- WATSON WILLISSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 37
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
- RONNIE ELMON HALLPrivate First Class · March 28, 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.
