RAIDERS Wheeler, Eugene John

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wheeler​

• FORENAME

Eugene John​

• UNIT

1st Raider Battalion (Company D)​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

466179​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th July 1943​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Lakeview Cemetery, South Haven, Michigan, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1924, South Haven, Michigan, USA​

father Joseph B. Wheeler (1900-1985)​

mother Armena (nee Burrows) Wheeler (1901-1983)​

06.1942 graduated South Haven High School​

employed A & P Supermarket​

21.09.1942 entered service USMC​

07.1943 1st Raider Bn. (Company D)​

Next of kin - Father. Mr. Joseph B. Wheeler, 216 Clinton Street, South Haven, Michigan​

KIA Bairoko, New Georgia, Solomon Islands​

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