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CLINTON LEE WHEELER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – March 6, 1969
Service recordClinton Lee Wheeler, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 61
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 61
- JAMES EDWARD RAMSBYSpecialist Five · March 6, 1969
- CRAIG EMERY WILLIAMSCorporal · March 6, 1969
- GLENN S WINGENBACH JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- WILLIAM WALLACE ABSHEARSergeant · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALEXANDER BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 51
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 52
- JOHN ALBERT GRABBESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 54
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 54
- WILLIAM EDMOND LEE HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 55
- ROBERT JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 55
- JERRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 56
- DAVID GLEN LOVITTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 57
- RICARDO JOSEPH ORTEGONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 58
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.