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WHEELER DAVID BROOKS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – June 20, 1971
Service recordWheeler David Brooks, of Ollie, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 83
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Ollie, Iowa (Keokuk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 83
- ARTHUR PAUL ROBERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
- FIATELE TAULAGO TEOSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
- JEFFREY SCOTT WESOLOWSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
- JOHN EUGENE LEISSpecialist Four · June 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARLIN MCCLELLAND MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 84
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.