Rank: Private First Class
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 19-Jul-1945
Hometown: Littlefork, Minnesota
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 3-Nov-1965
Start of tour: 20-Aug-1966
Incident date: 27-Nov-1966
Date of casualty: 1-Dec-1966
Age at death: 21
Cause of Death: Non-hostile, died of illness/injury. Illness. Malaria. Infectious Disease.
Melvin Wallace was admitted to 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, with illness, at 1325 hrs 27 Nov 1966 and placed on the Serious Injury (SI) list at 2130 hrs 27 Nov 1966. Individual expired at the 93rd Evacuation Hospital on 1 Dec 1966.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Oakley Cemetery, Littlefork, Minnesota, USA
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