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JOHNNY CECIL WHEELER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1940 – August 23, 1967
Service recordJohnny Cecil Wheeler, of St Marys, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1940
- Home of record
- St Marys, Georgia (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 36
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- NAOTO YAMASHIROSergeant First Class · August 23, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL ALLARDSergeant First Class · August 24, 1967
- DUANE RUSSELL BENTLEYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 33
- WILFREDO PUMAREJO-COLONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 33
- COLEMAN JOHN KANE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 35
From St Marys
- LARRY WILLIAM BAILEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- OSCAR K HIGGINBOTHAM JRCorporal · August 15, 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.