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WILLIAM TIMOTHY WHEELER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1945 – March 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Timothy Wheeler, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 26
- CHARLES JOSEPH TURRIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- KYLE WALDROPStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- GORDON GLENN WHITELance Corporal · March 12, 1969
- JERRY OWEN YOUNGPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN A JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 20
- NORMAN SHELDON SALIMANCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 20
- KYLE WALDROPStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 26
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
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.