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Marine Maj Charles Franklin Wallace.
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Service number 058681. He died 28 Aug 67 vicinity of North Vietnam when the aircraft in which he was pilot exploded during a bombing run when hit by hostile fire. Body not recovered. Previously reported missing. Shot down 16 mikes North-Northeast od Dong Ha during a direct air support mission. Body not recovered.
FINAL MISSION OF MAJ CHARLES F. WALLACE. MAJ Charles F. Wallace was a Marine pilot serving with Marine Attack Squadron 121 (VMA 121), Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12), 1st Marine Air Wing. On August 28, 1967, MAJ Wallace was the pilot of a A-4E Skyhawk light-attack aircraft during Operation Kingfisher, a U.S. Marine Corps operation near Con Thien with the objective of blocking the entry of North Vietnamese Army forces into Quang Tri Province, RVN. While conducting a bombing run 16 miles northeast of Dong Ha, his Skyhawk crashed after it was believed to have received hostile ground fire. Subsequent searches of the crash site were conducted without locating the remains of Wallace. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]
This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii. with another memorial in Ellisville Cemetery, Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi.
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)
From Month/Year
June / 1967
To Month/Year
January / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968.The conflict in South Vietnam remains basically unchanged. As Operation JUNCTION CITY ended, elements of the U.S. 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, and the forces of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam swung back toward Saigon to conduct another clearing operation, MANHATTAN. This took peace in the Long Nguyen base area just north of the previously cleared "Iron Triangle."
South Vietnamese Armed Forces became more active and capable under U.S. advisors. During the year the Vietnamese Special Forces assumed responsibility for several Special Forces camps and for the CIDG companies manning them. In each case all of the U.S. advisors withdrew, leaving the Vietnamese in full command.
With an increased delegation of responsibility to them, the South Vietnamese conducted major operations during 1967, and, in spite of VC attempts to avoid battle, achieved a number of contacts.
Despite the success of U.S. and South Vietnamese Army operations, there were indications in the fall of 1967 of another enemy build-up, particularly in areas close to Laos and Cambodia. In late October, the VC struck again at the Special Forces Camp at Loc Ninh. Fortunately Vietnamese reinforcements saved the camp. At the same time, approximately 12,000 VC troops converged on a Special Forces camp at Dak To. This camp was located in northern Kontum Province, where the borders of Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam meet. In response to this potential threat, the U.S. and South Vietnam committed a total of sixteen battalions to the region to counter a disturbing enemy resurgence at Kontum and Loc Ninh.
