WALLACE, William Jennings
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Wallace, William Jennings Date of birth:  August 6th, 1895 (Church Hill/Maryland, United States) Date of death:  July 7th, 1977 Nationality:  American       LEGION OF MERIT - US MILITARY Rank: Colonel Unit: Commanding Officer Marine Air Group 23, U.S. Marine Group Action: Guadalcanal Campaign.         PURPLE HEART Rank: Colonel Unit: Commanding Officer Marine Air Group 23, U.S. Marine Group         DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL - NAVY/USMC Rank: Brigadier General (Brigadier) Unit: Commanding General Air Defense Command, U.S. Marine Corps Action: Okinawa Campaign.         ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL Rank: Major General (Major-general)         AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL Rank: Major General (Major-general)         AMERICAN DEFENCE SERVICE MEDAL Rank: Major General (Major-general)         WORLD WAR TWO VICTORY MEDAL Rank: Major General (Major-general)         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Clark, G.B., United States Marine Corps Generals of World War II – A Biographical Dictionary, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, USA, 2008