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CHARLES EDWARD WHEELER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1948 – March 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Wheeler, of Bucklin, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 86
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Bucklin, Missouri (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 86
- RONALD EDWARD FORSTERAirman First Class · March 19, 1969
- DANIEL GUY WESSLERPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- PAUL WILSONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- MAX IRWIN BAERLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- RONALD KENNETH BATTLECorporal · March 20, 1969
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.