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OSCAR LEE WHEELER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – May 9, 1969
Service recordOscar Lee Wheeler, of Waco, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 34
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
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 577 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 34
- JAMES CLINTON WARDCorporal · May 9, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT ALLAN WHITTLECorporal · May 9, 1969
- JOE ALMEIDA JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.