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The Compleat Heretic's Autobiography:
Vital Statistics
This page was last modified on 5 February 2012.
Name: James Matthew Wallace; James M. Wallace; Matt Wallace
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 225 lbs.
Build: Muscular, somewhat stocky, a bit paunchy
Racial Group/Complexion: Caucasian / Fair
Ancestry: Scottish / English / German (Moravian, et al.) / French Huguenot
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Head: Brown with some graying in the temples and pleasantly balding
Beard: Once auburn but now completely gray in the jowls and increasingly peppered throughout
Marital Status: Single (but keeping on the lookout); never married
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Religious/Metaphysical Belief System: Strong Atheist / Hard Materialist
Political Affiliation/Orientation: Republican / Conservative (Economic and Social)
Organizational Affiliations:
American Legion
Atheist and Agnostic Pro-Life League (Founder and Webmaster)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 391
National Rifle Association of America (Benefactor Life Member)
Republican National Committee
United States Chess Federation (Life Member) (Rating: 1489)
Hobbies: Chess, Genealogy & Family History, Webmastering
Current Residence: Greensboro, NC
Place of Birth: Winston-Salem, NC
Generation/Cohort: Baby Boomer / 1961
Astrological/Birth Sign: I have no use for this nonsense.
Education - Primary & Secondary:
Petree Elementary School (Grades 1-4) (1967-71) /
Petree Intermediate School (Grades 5-6) (1971-73)
Walkertown Junior High School (Grades 7-8) (1973-75)
George Washington Carver High School (Grades 9-10) (1975-77)
East Forsyth Senior High School (Grades 11-12) (1977-79) (Class of 1979) GO FIGHTING EAGLES!
Education - Post-Secondary:
BS; Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate; UNC Greensboro; August 2006
Standardized Test Scores:
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) / Test of Standard Written English (TSWE)
Mar 78 -- Composite 1190, Verbal 540, Math 650, TSWE 46
Nov 78 -- Composite 1270, Verbal 590, Math 680, TSWE 58
Nov 89 -- Composite 1410, Verbal 720 (99th percentile), Math 690 (95th percentile), TSWE 59 (95th percentile)
Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT)
Oct 92 -- Composite 650
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) / Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS):
1992 -- ENTJ / INTJ (XNTJ: even split between Extraverted and Introverted)
1997 -- ENTJ / ESTJ (EXTJ: even split between iNtuition and Sensing)
Military Service:
U.S. Army (1985-93) (8-year Mandatory Service Obligation (MSO))
Active Service: Jan 86-Dec 89 (4-year enlistment), Jan 90-Mar 90 (retraining), Aug 90-May 91 (Persian Gulf War)
Assignments and Duty Stations:
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Sep 85-Jan 86
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Individual Ready Reserve
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Delayed Entry Program (DEP)
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Jan 86-Mar 86
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E Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Basic Training Brigade
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
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Basic Combat Training (BCT)
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Mar 86-Apr 86
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C Company, 1st Battalion, Quartermaster Brigade
Ft. Lee, VA
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Advanced Individual Training (AIT)
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May 86-Apr 88
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HQ & A Company, 26th Forward Support Battalion
(was 3rd FSB prior to Apr 87 redesignation)
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Aschaffenburg-am-Main, Bavaria, FRG
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Overseas Tour
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Jun 88-Dec 89
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B Company, 99th Forward Support Battalion
9th Infantry Division (Motorized)
Ft. Lewis, WA
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Stateside Tour
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Dec 89-Jan 92
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3274th U.S. Army Hospital
Durham, NC
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Army Reserve
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Jan 90-Mar 90
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D Company, 2nd Battalion, Troop Brigade
Ft. Benjamin Harrison, IN
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Active Duty for Training (ADT)
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Aug 90-May 91
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Womack Army Community Hospital
Ft. Bragg, NC
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Persian Gulf War activation
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Jan 92-Sep 93
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Individual Ready Reserve
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Inactive Reserve
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Field Training Exercises and Deployments:
HQ & A Co, 26th Fwd Spt Bn (formerly 3rd FSB), 3rd ID, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, FRG
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16Sep86
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-
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29Sep86
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Grafenwöhr Training Area
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24Nov86
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-
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3Dec86
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Grafenwöhr Training Area
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30Jan87
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-
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6Feb87
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Winter Warrior (division winter war game), northeastern Bavaria, FRG
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30Jun87
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-
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8Jul87
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Grafenwöhr Training Area
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20Aug87
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-
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3Sep87
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Hohenfels Training Area
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7Dec87
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-
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18Dec87
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Hohenfels Training Area
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11Mar88
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-
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21Mar88
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Grafenwöhr Training Area
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B Co, 99th Fwd Spt Bn, 9th ID, Ft. Lewis, WA
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?Sep88
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-
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?Sep88
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Rainier Training Area, Ft. Lewis, WA
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12Sep88
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-
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19Sep88
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Operation Firebreak 1988, Canyon Creek Fire, Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT
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?Oct89
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-
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?Oct89
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Reliable Strike III (brigade war game), Yakima Firing Center, WA
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Military Training Courses (Course w/ Abbreviation or MOS, Graduation Date, Academic Average, Distinctions):
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Basic Combat Training (BCT)
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7Mar86
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Materiel Storage and Handling Specialist Course (76V10)
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18Apr86
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95.8%
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Distinguished Honor Graduate
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Small Arms Maintenance Course (SAM)
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30Oct86
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100%
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Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC)
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14Apr89
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95%
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Honor Graduate
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Finance Specialist Course (73C10)
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21Mar90
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99.4%
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Distinguished Honor Graduate
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Ranks Held (Title, Abbreviation, Pay Grade, Date of Rank):
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Private First Class
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PFC
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E-3
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2Jan86
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Specialist
(Specialist 4)
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SPC
(SP4)
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E-4
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1Mar87
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(Specialist 4 and SP4 continued to be used administratively for some time after the higher Specialist ranks were eliminated in 1985.)
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Sergeant
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SGT
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E-5
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1Jul89
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Military Awards (Decorations, Service Medals, Service Ribbons, and Unit Citations):
Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM)
Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters (AAM w/ 2 OLCs)
Army Good Conduct Medal (AGCM)
National Defense Service Medal (NDSM)
Humanitarian Service Medal (HSM) (Operation Firebreak 1988, AR 600-8-22, App. C, 25Feb95)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with "M" device for Mobilization (AFRM w/ M)
Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (NCOPDR)
Army Service Ribbon (ASR)
Overseas Service Ribbon (OSR)
Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA) (Womack AMC, 3Aug90-30Jun91, DAGO 12, 13May94)
Discharge: Honorable
Current Occupations:
College Student (Senior / Second Degree; BA; English (Literature & Creative Writing) and Philosophy, UNCG
Former Occupations:
Package Handler ("Überbagger" and Sorter, Smalls Sort) (Part-time), United Parcel Service, Greensboro Hub
Avocations (aka, "Current Occupations" while unemployed):
Webmaster Extraordinaire, Letter-to-the-Editor Writing Crank, Erstwhile Finance/Economics Double Major Student, Intellectual Bum, Would-be Literary Artiste, Urban Hermit, Atheist Monk, ContraUnabomber
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