Vietnam War
Unit | Light Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 63 |
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Rank | Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy |
Entered Service From | Salt Lake City Utah |
Date of Death | March 28 1968 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Wallace was a member of Detachment 14, Light Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 63, Carrier Air Wing 19 aboard the aircraft carrier USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14), On March 28, 1968, he was the pilot of a Vought Crusader Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-8A) bombing/photographic mission 15 miles west of Khe San, South Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed in Laos. His remains were recovered on December 16, 1988 and identified on March 13, 1989. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.