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MORRIS CRAIG WHEELER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1947 – January 10, 1967
Service recordMorris Craig Wheeler, of Muncie, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 7
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Muncie, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 7
- THADDEUS E WILLIAMS JRCaptain · January 9, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- MERRITT STOVES IIIPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- HENRY JAMES STUCKEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- FUIFUITAUA AMISONEStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1967
From Muncie
- RICHARD LEE TREASCaptain · August 22, 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.