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WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 18, 1948 – June 4, 1970
Service recordWilliam Thomas Wallace JR, of Forest Park, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 11
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 11
- ROBERT ERICK UTHEMANNStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1970
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · June 4, 1970
- JOHN ELMORE WELLSSergeant · June 4, 1970
- HARRY TRUMAN WILSONSergeant · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY CECIL GILLETTSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 7
From Forest Park
- STEPHEN MANTON CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROBERT MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · July 24, 1966
- WAYNE HOUSTON MCKINLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- RAY WESLEY HESTERLEELance Corporal · December 20, 1968
- DANIEL LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
- CARL WAYNE PRITCHETTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1971
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 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.