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WILLIE LEWIS WALLACE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1946 – February 27, 1969
Service recordWillie Lewis Wallace, of Madison, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Madison, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 85
- MICHAEL RAY ROMMELPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- MELVIN LOUIS SELLERSSeaman · February 27, 1969
- MILTON SHAPIROPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- CRAIG EVERETT SWAGLERSeaman Apprentice · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PAUL HANLONSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 80
- HENRY MADISON JRSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 82
From Madison
- BENJAMIN GARETH WELLSFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- ROY LEE MOORELance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS NELSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1971
- RAYMON HORACE JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 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.