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JOHN ALBION WHEATLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 25, 1950 – May 26, 1970
Service recordJohn Albion Wheatley, of St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1950
- Home of record
- St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (St Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 107
- CURTIS WHITTEDCorporal · May 26, 1970
- FRANKLIN JOE WILLISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- DONALD ALLEN BAKERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- DANNY WARD BOWERSCorporal · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 106
From St Thomas
- CLARENCE VEREN BEVERHOUDTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID LEE BRODEURPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- LLEWELLYN ANTONIO SMITHPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- WINSTON GLENWOOD RAYMOCorporal · May 3, 1967
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- ROY ANTONIO AUBAINCorporal · January 4, 1969
- CUTBURT HURTAULTCorporal · June 14, 1969
- JAMES AUGUSTUS FRANCISSpecialist Five · August 25, 1969
- LISTON RAPHEAL LEONARDPrivate · February 22, 1970
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.