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JAMES CHRISTOPHER WHEELER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordJames Christopher Wheeler, of Oneonta, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Oneonta, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 73
- KENNETH STEPHEN VORESergeant · May 20, 1970
- JOHN HOWARD WAALENStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- TONY ROBERT WARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- WARREN LYNN WOZENCRAFTCaptain · May 20, 1970
From Oneonta
- RICHARD GLEN KOHLANDLance Corporal · November 10, 1967
- LEON ELDRED WATERS JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR WIEDEMANCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ARTHUR DEWEY ELMANDORFSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- DONALD ANDREW RITTLINGERLance Corporal · December 22, 1968
- WILLIAM BARTON JONESPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- GEORGE F REYNOLDS JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- BURDETTE D TOWNSEND JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1972
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.