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http://www.easttexasnews.com/Obituaries/Obituaries_SanJac/October2007/october28_2007.html
Karl Edward Wallace Jr,, 85, a veterinarian, longhorn rancher and retired Colonel in the U.S Army, died Thursday Oct 11, 2007, in Huntsville, Texas.
SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct 20th, Saint Stephens Presbyterian Church, 2700 McPherson Ave., Fort Worth. Reverend Frederick Field Ritsch III officiating.
MEMORIAL: In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (SPCA)
Karl Wallace was born in Bangs Texas on March 14th 1922 to Col Karl E. Wallace and Camille Shield Wallace. He graduated Paschal high school in Fort Worth, and attended North Texas Agricultural College. He graduated from Texas A&M.
He fought in France and Germany as an Infantry Officer in Gen. George Patton’s Third Army. He fought in the famed Battle of the Bulge, entered Germany, and met the Russians on the Leitz River. During the war he was wounded twice, received two battlefield promotions, achieved four campaign stars, a purple heart with a cluster, and a Bronze Star. During the war he was one of a dozen former A&M Students who held the traditional Aggie Muster in Nuremberg Germany on April 21, 1944.
After the war Karl received a second degree from Texas A&M, became a veterinarian and opened his first veterinary hospital in Fort Worth. In the National Guard he helped reorganize the 36th division and commanded a tank battalion in the 49th armored. He retired from the military a full Colonel in 1965.
Upon retirement his great love was his ranch and his longhorn cattle. He received a lifetime Achievement award from the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association, and an Outstanding Achievement award from the American Veterinary Medical Association.
He is survived by a son Karl Edward Wallace III, sisters Beryl Wilkinson, Lynn Bass, and Niki Dameron-Smith, a brother Wayne Wallace, and his partner Robert Guenther.
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