Wallace Blanchard Stuart, Jr. was born on January 2, 1959 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He attended Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, participating in the school’s band, and serving as a team manager for the boy’s basketball team. He graduated in June of 1977. Wallace received a Christian Baptism in his youth at the United States Air Force Base Chapel at Lajes Field, Azores, Spain, in May of 1960.
