Rank: Captain
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 1204 – Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Parachutist Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Commission Source: United States Military Academy Class of 1968
Date of birth: 18-Jul-1946
Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 5-Jun-1968
Start of tour: 15-Mar-1970
Incident date: 20-Nov-1970
Date of casualty: 22-Nov-1970
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Douglass Terrell Wheless died as a result of wounds received while on a military mission when a booby trap detonated. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / On reconnaissance mission. Detonated hostile booby trap. Admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, 20 Nov 1970 at 2030 hrs and placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list 20 Nov 1970 at 2100 hrs and later expired. Incident occurred 20 Nov 1970 at 1713 hrs.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 883 433
Place of interment: Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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