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JOHN CLARK WHEELER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1947 – June 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Clark Wheeler, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 5
- COY FOSTER STARKCorporal · June 12, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- DALLAS ARNOLD WESTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1968
- MICHAEL MATTHEW WHITEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUGH SMITHSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 4
- DAVID WILSONSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 6
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 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.