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Vernon Martin WALLACE

Male 1946 - 1968  (21 years)


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  • Name Vernon Martin WALLACE  [2] 
    • Funeral arrangements are pending at Southern Funeral Home for Lance Corporal Vernon M. Wallace, 21, who was killed on August 26 while engaging the enemy in combat at Quang Tri Province in the Republic of South Vietnam. Corporal Wallace entered the service as a United States Marine, June 17, 1967. He received his basic training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and went to Vietnam last January.

      The young marine was born in Winnfield, November 17, 1945 [sic 1946], the son of Mrs. J. B. Wallace and the late Mr. Wallace. His family received word of his death Friday. The message stated he met instant death from fragmentation wounds to the body from enemy mortar fire. He graduated from Winnfield High School in 1965 and operated the Airport Service Station before entering the service.

      Besides his mother, Mrs. J. B. Wallace, he is survived by two brothers, Phillip Wallace of Winnfield and Teddy J. Wallace, Pennsgrove, New Jersey; three stepsisters, Mrs. Lillie E. Carter and Mrs. Judy Godek, both of Pennsgrove, New Jersey; and Mrs. Geneva Kusner of Port Arthur, Texas; a number of uncles and aunts.

      The remains of Corporal Wallace are expected in Winnfield this weekend and arrangements are pending at Southern Funeral Home. Military rites will be conducted and Rev. C. C. Martin will officiate. Interment will be in Gorhamtown Cemetery.

      Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise-News American, September 5, 1968 [1]
    Birth 17 Nov 1946  Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1950  Living with parents in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 26 Aug 1968  Quang Tri, Quang Tri, Vietnam Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Gorham Town Cemetery, Joyce, Winn Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I2075  Main Tree
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2024 

    Father Joseph Baldwin WALLACE,   b. 11 May 1895, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1966, Winnfield, Winn Co., Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Clara Elizabeth WHITE,   b. 8 Apr 1910, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1997, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F1183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S463] 1950 Census Winnfield, Winn County, Louisiana.


  

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