US PARAS 2 Wheeler, Melvin Carter,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wheeler​

• FORENAME

Melvin Carter,Jr​

• UNIT

187 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company D,3 Bn)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

333448377​

• DATE OF DEATH

4th April 1971​

• AGE

22​

• GRAVESITE

Carter Cemetery,Carrollton,Greene County,Illinois​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Carrollton,Illinois​

born 5.1.1949 Carrollton,Illinois​

son of Melvin Carter and Edith Marie (nee Terpening) Wheeler,Route 1,Carrollton,Illinois​

single​

graduated Carrollton Community Unit High School 1967​

entered service 1970​

promoted Cpl posthumously​

accidental self-destruction (non hostile) Quang Tri Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04W Line 107​

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