World War II Honoree

Charles Edwin Wallace

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bethalto, Illinois

Honored By

Susan Wallace

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED NOVEMBER 1942 TO JANUARY 1946. BOOT CAMP, GREAT LAKES NAVAL BASE; ANTI-AIRCRAFT TRAINING CENTER, MILLINGTON, TENNESSEE FOR AVIATION AND RADAR TRAINING; GULF BEACH AERIAL GUNNERY SCHOOL, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA; TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO SHORE PATROL. HE WAS IN THE AVIATION REPAIR UNIT, NAVY 145, AS AN AERIAL GUNNER, AVIATION MECHANIC. HE WAS WITH COMAIRSOPAC (COMMANDER, AIRCRAFT, SOUTH PACIFIC FORCE) GUADALCANAL, HENDERSON FIELD. NOT ATTACHED TO, BUT SERVED ON THE USS SARATOGA AND USS BUNKER HILL. HE WAS ON SBD AND 'AVENGER' TORPEDO-BOMBER AIRCRAFT. AT END OF WAR, SERVED AT SMART FIELD, PORTAGE DES SIOUX, MISSOURI AS AN AVIATION MECHANICS INSTRUCTOR AND THEN DISCHARGED FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT TRAINING CENTER, MILLINGTON, TENNESSEE. RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES RECEIVED DURING THE WAR.