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WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1946 – October 13, 1965
Service recordWilliam George Wheatley, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 122
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 122
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- HAROLD JAY LANNINGPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1965
- MICHAEL LIPTOCKPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 1965
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.