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CARL EUGENE WHEELER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – December 14, 1969
Service recordCarl Eugene Wheeler, of Moore, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Moore, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 57
- ROBERT THOMAS RUSSELL IIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- WESLEY ROBERT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRITTSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
- DONNIE JAY BRAGGSergeant · December 15, 1969
From Moore
- ROBERT LEON HARVEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- BENJAMIN FOREST BOLDINGCorporal · February 15, 1969
- JAMES RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- ALFRED FRANK POSPISILSpecialist Four · August 7, 1971
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.