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GORDON LEE WHEELER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 16, 1931 – March 8, 1969
Service recordGordon Lee Wheeler, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 82
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 16, 1931
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 82
- FREDDIE CHARLES POTE JRLance Corporal · March 8, 1969
- EARL EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD THEOBALDPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- LEON TISDALESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- RALPH DEAN VEALESergeant · March 8, 1969
From Maryville
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 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.