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MELVIN CARTER WHEELER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 5, 1949 – April 4, 1971
Service recordMelvin Carter Wheeler JR, of Carrollton, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 107
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Carrollton, Illinois (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 107
- LARRY ELMER STEPPEESergeant · April 4, 1971
- LARRY DEAN SUEDMYER IIISergeant · April 4, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
- KARL ROBERT BERBERTPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KRAG COLT BULLIS SRStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 105
- MICHAEL EVERETT GIESECorporal · Panel 4W, Line 105
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.