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JAMES KENNETH WHEELER
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
December 19, 1943 – June 6, 1968
Service recordJames Kenneth Wheeler, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Practical Nurse (91C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 17
- F RONALD TOMONLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS MAC WASHINGTONSergeant · June 6, 1968
- ROGER DALE WEBERSergeant · June 6, 1968
- JACOB ROBINSON WELDINSergeant · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN ACKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 24
- DENNIS ARCHIBALDSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 24
- LEE RANDALL BUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 26
- ELIGIO RICE GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 2
- FRANKLIN WERNER HOOPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 5
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 7
- ANDREW PERRY JRCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 13
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 15
- JOHN PATRICK THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 16
- JAMES SCHENLER WOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 18
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.