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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 54255" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wheeler</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Melvin Carter,Jr</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>187 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company D,3 Bn)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>333448377</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4th April 1971</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>22</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Carter Cemetery,Carrollton,Greene County,Illinois</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Carrollton,Illinois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 5.1.1949 Carrollton,Illinois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Melvin Carter and Edith Marie (nee Terpening) Wheeler,Route 1,Carrollton,Illinois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Carrollton Community Unit High School 1967</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1970</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>promoted Cpl posthumously</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>accidental self-destruction (non hostile) Quang Tri Province,South Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04W Line 107</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-wheeler-grave.22837/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22837-3e1a4269c4982a5eb66fa6430ad9a9f2.jpg?1591401398" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 54255, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Wheeler[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Melvin Carter,Jr[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]187 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company D,3 Bn)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Private First Class[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]333448377[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]4th April 1971[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]22[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Carter Cemetery,Carrollton,Greene County,Illinois[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Carrollton,Illinois[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 5.1.1949 Carrollton,Illinois[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Melvin Carter and Edith Marie (nee Terpening) Wheeler,Route 1,Carrollton,Illinois[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]single[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]graduated Carrollton Community Unit High School 1967[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]entered service 1970[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]promoted Cpl posthumously[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]accidental self-destruction (non hostile) Quang Tri Province,South Vietnam[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04W Line 107[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-wheeler-grave.22837/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22837-3e1a4269c4982a5eb66fa6430ad9a9f2.jpg?1591401398[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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