- His son David Wallechinsky was doing genealogical research on the family, and discovered that the family's original last name was "Wallechinsky". It had been Anglicized to "Wallace" by a US Immigration clerk. He was so angered at this that he had his name legally changed to "David Wallechinsky".
- Writer of bestselling novels.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 863-865. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Grew up at 6103 Eighteenth Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin where he attended Kenosha Central High School.
- During World War 2 he served in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force under Frank Capra at "Fort Fox" along with Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss).
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