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KENNITH WAYNE WHEELER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1945 – May 10, 1969
Service recordKennith Wayne Wheeler, of Brownwood, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Brownwood, Texas (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 45
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PASSERELLOPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT LEON WILLEYSpecialist Five · May 10, 1969
- ERVIN HOWARD WILLIAMSONCorporal · May 10, 1969
- TERRY LEE ADKINSCorporal · May 11, 1969
From Brownwood
- BRIT P LEMMONSSpecialist Five · September 10, 1967
- EDDIE LEE EPHRAIMCorporal · March 21, 1968
- WILLARD ALTON PERRY JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
- MICHAEL AUTREY TEAGUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 2, 1968
- ARTHUR EARL KEESEESpecialist Five · November 13, 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.