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JAMES ATLEE WHEELER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 10, 1933 – April 18, 1965
Service recordJames Atlee Wheeler, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 18, 1965, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 103
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 34 TFS
- Born
- February 10, 1933
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1965; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 103
- RONALD JAMES FEGANEnsign · April 9, 1965
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER WOODWORTHCaptain · April 17, 1965
From Tucson
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- ESTEBAN MORALES ALVAREZLance Corporal · July 4, 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.