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Earl Harrison “Wheeler” Wheeler

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Earl Harrison “Wheeler” Wheeler

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
31 Mar 1993 (aged 78)
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
Burial
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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CPL US ARMY - WORLD WAR II

Born: 25 February 1915 - Colchester, Illinois
Raised: Illinois
Home: Nueces County, Texas
Inducted: U. S. Army - 21 March 1941 - Fort Sam Houston
Ft. Knox, Kentucky
Camp Polk, Louisiana
Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands
Engagements: Battle of Bataan
Prisoner of War: 9 April 1942
- Death March
POW Camps: Philippine Islands:
Camp O'Donnell
Cabanatuan
Japan: Fukuoka #17
Hell Ship: Oryoku Maru
Sailed: 13 December 1944
Sunk: 15 December 1944 - Subic Bay
Enoura Maru
Sailed: 27 December 1944
Sunk: 6 January 1945 - Takao Harbor - Formosa
Brazil Maru
Sailed: 13 January 1945 - Takao, Formosa
Arrived: 30 January 1945 - Moji, Japan
Liberated: September 1945
Promoted: Corporal
Wife: Mary
Died: 31 March 1993 - Abilene, Texas
Buried: Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Texas

Earl H. Wheeler was a medic assigned to the 192nd Tank Battalion. He took part in the Bataan Death March and spent three and a half years as a Japanese POW.

bataanproject.com provided by Bataan Project member Jim Opolony
CPL US ARMY - WORLD WAR II

Born: 25 February 1915 - Colchester, Illinois
Raised: Illinois
Home: Nueces County, Texas
Inducted: U. S. Army - 21 March 1941 - Fort Sam Houston
Ft. Knox, Kentucky
Camp Polk, Louisiana
Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands
Engagements: Battle of Bataan
Prisoner of War: 9 April 1942
- Death March
POW Camps: Philippine Islands:
Camp O'Donnell
Cabanatuan
Japan: Fukuoka #17
Hell Ship: Oryoku Maru
Sailed: 13 December 1944
Sunk: 15 December 1944 - Subic Bay
Enoura Maru
Sailed: 27 December 1944
Sunk: 6 January 1945 - Takao Harbor - Formosa
Brazil Maru
Sailed: 13 January 1945 - Takao, Formosa
Arrived: 30 January 1945 - Moji, Japan
Liberated: September 1945
Promoted: Corporal
Wife: Mary
Died: 31 March 1993 - Abilene, Texas
Buried: Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Texas

Earl H. Wheeler was a medic assigned to the 192nd Tank Battalion. He took part in the Bataan Death March and spent three and a half years as a Japanese POW.

bataanproject.com provided by Bataan Project member Jim Opolony


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