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DOUGLASS TERRELL WHELESS
Captain · U.S. Army
July 18, 1946 – November 22, 1970
Service recordDouglass Terrell Wheless, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 78
- RONALD DEAN LEFEBVRESpecialist Four · November 22, 1970
- MICHAEL TERRY MARTINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1970
- ROGER LEE RITSCHARDCorporal · November 22, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 23, 1970
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.