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JIMMY RAY WHELESS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – May 9, 1968
Service recordJimmy Ray Wheless, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 1
- JIM SILAS TRAWSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- EDWARD TYLERPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- CLIFFORD D VANARTSDALENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- DURWOOD WAYNE VERRETTFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- JOHN WILBUR GRUTSCH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- RUSSELL WILLIAM JARICKPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 24
- TERRENCE ARTHUR KANDLERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 25
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
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.