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Frank S. Wallace Jr.
Special Agent
August 05, 1957 - August 27, 1994
Frank S. Wallace, Jr., was one of five Drug Enforcement Administration special agents killed August 27, 1994, in a plane crash during a reconnaissance mission near Santa Lucia, Peru. The mission was part of Operation Snowcap, a cocaine interdiction program in South America. He was 37 years of age at the time of his death.
Special Agent Wallace began his service with DEA in the Miami, Florida Field Division in 1983. Later he was assigned to the Houston, Texas Field Division and the Aviation Unit. Prior to joining DEA, Special Agent Wallace served with the U.S. Air Force. He graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona, Florida. Special Agent Wallace was survived by his wife, Yvette; one son, Matthew; his parents, Evelyn and Frank, Sr.; one brother, Roy; and one sister, Brenda. Special Agent Wallace was posthumously awarded the DEA Administrator's Award of Honor on May 17, 1995.