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BOBBY LEE WHEELER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – May 28, 1968
Service recordBobby Lee Wheeler, of Hamlin, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamlin, West Virginia (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 1
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- JOHN HERMAN WILKENSStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1968
- EARNEST LYNN WITTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN GLEN CARTERSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 6
- RAYMOND ANTHONY DANGELOPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 7
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.