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CONRAD JACK WHEELER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 7, 1941 – October 29, 1969
Service recordConrad Jack Wheeler, of San Marcos, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 5
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1941
- Home of record
- San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1969; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 5
- MAURY WILLIAM HEARNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH KOPKEStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD THOMAS GREENO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 1
From San Marcos
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
- EDWARD RAY GAYTANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 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.