Wheeler, Lester Lewis, BG

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Last Rank
Brigadier General

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer

Last MOS Group
General Officer

Primary Unit
1962-1965, 2010, 3rd Army

Service Years
1935 - 1965

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Presidential Certificate of Appreciation

Infantry

Brigadier General

Eight Overseas Service Bars

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Personal Details

Home State

Maryland

Maryland

Year of Birth
1910

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Home Town Baltimore	Last Address The Fairfax at Fort Belvior, VA
Date of Passing May 05, 1999
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia

Official Badges

24th Infantry Division

Infantry Shoulder Cord

US Army Retired (Pre-2007)

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Cold War Veteran

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	1999, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Commissioned June 1935.
Retired June 1965.

US Occupation of Germany (WWII)
From Month/Year May / 1945	To Month/Year December / 1950
Description Not Specified

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year May / 1945	To Month/Year December / 1950

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery

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Aaron, John, PFC, (1945-1950)

Abrahamson, Robert Manfred, PFC, (1943-1945)

Abrams, Creighton W., GEN, (1936-1974)

Adair, Edwin Ross, CPT, (1940-1945)

Adams, Robert, 1ST SGT, (1941-1945)

Aguilar, Domingo Ignacio, LTC, (1948-1967)

Allen, Leven, MG, (1916-1951)

Allender, Harry Howard, PFC, (1943-1946)

Anderson, John, MG, (1914-1946)

Angileri, Joseph, T/SGT, (1942-1946)

Archer, Richard Harold, PVT, (1943-1945)

Armentrout, Carl W., T/4, (1937-1945)

Asher, LD, LTC, (1936-1960)

Ashton, Clarence Mcallister, PFC, (1943-1945)

Baal, Carl Thomas, SP 5, (1944-1965)

Back, Billie, PFC, (1941-1945)

Back, George, MG, (1917-1955)

Bailey, Mildred Inez Caroon, BG, (1942-1975)

Bald Eagle Bear, Fredrick Ambrose, Cpl, (1946-1953)

Barker, Ray, MG, (1910-1946)

Barnes, Len, SGT, (1946-1950)

Barnes, William Allen, SFC, (1945-1951)

Barney, Calvin, 1SG, (1944-1970)

Barrett, Charles, BG, (1922-1963)

Barrett, William Clarence, CPT, (1941-1947)

Barsanti, Olinto Mark, MG, (1940-1971)

Bartholdi, Cyril Sylvester, MAJ, (1940-1950)

Bartsch, Herbert, T/4, (1943-1946)

Bass, Joseph T., M/SGT, (1941-1950)

Baxter, Julian, PFC, (1944-1946)

Belfield, Justus Rathbone, WO1, (1936-1963)

Belhumeur, Julien, SGT, (1940-1953)

Bennear, Robert B., PFC, (1942-1945)

Berkowitz, Leo, 1ST SGT, (1942-1946)

Billups, James, BG, (1939-1970)

Blackburn, Donald, BG, (1938-1971)

Blalock, Dennis F., COL, (1941-1971)

Blalock, Dennis Ferrell, COL, (1941-1970)

Blankenship, Walter, Cpl, (1943-1946)

Blevins, John Donald, CPT, (1943-1951)

Blizzard, Elwood Burton, Cpl, (1943-1945)

Bodkin, Wilbert Blake, T/5, (1943-1945)

Boer, Anton, SGT, (1941-1946)

Bohon, Burley Richard, Cpl, (1943-1945)

Bonner, Forrest Henry, PFC, (1942-1945)

Booth, Gilchrist C., PFC, (1943-1945)

Botts, Robert, MAJ, (1939-1946)

Bourgeois, Emiline Ann, MAJ, (1945-1962)

Boynton, Charles, SFC, (1942-1965)

Bratton, Rufus, COL, (1914-1952)

Bridge, John, SGT, (1942-1946)

Bright, Glenn R., T/5, (1942-1946)

Brooks (Baum), Martin E., SGT, (1943-1945)

Brooks, Edward, LTG, (1917-1953)

Brown, Garfield, Cpl, (1942-1946)

Bruce, Andrew, LTG, (1917-1954)

Buechler, Theodore, BG, (1914-1953)

Bull, Harold, LTG, (1914-1952)

Bullene, Egbert, MG, (1917-1954)

Burek, Stanley F, PFC, (1943-1945)

Burnett, George, SGT, (1944-1946)

Burns, Leroy, T/SGT, (1942-1946)

Burns, Wilbur, Cpl, (1933-1945)

Burress, Withers, LTG, (1916-1954)

Burriss, Thomas, MAJ, (1942-1963)

Busbee, Charles Manly, BG, (1915-1953)

Byrd, Leo, PFC, (1942-1947)

Byrd, Milford, PFC, (1942-1946)

Byrd, William, PFC, (1936-1946)

Callahan, John, S/SGT, (1940-1945)

Calp, Albert Franklin, SFC, (1943-1965)

Campanole, Nickolas, COL, (1899-1945)

Canfield, Clyde Raymond, T/5, (1942-1945)

Canine, Ralph, LTG, (1917-1957)

Carey, Merle Landry, COL, (1939-1963)

Carlson, Carsten, LTC, (1937-1963)

Cartagena, Modesto (DSC), SFC, (1942-1971)

Casto, Clarence Leroy, SSG, (1951-1966)

Cavanaugh, Edward Joseph, COL, (1946-1971)

Chambers, William, BG, (1916-1946)

CHEATWOOD, FLOYD, T/3, (1945-1949)

Chilson, LLewellyn Morris, MSG, (1942-1964)

Cianfaglione, Joseph Nicholas, T/5, (1943-1946)

Clark, Wesley Herbert, SFC, (1943-1950)

Clay, Lucius Dubignon, GEN, (1918-1949)

Codman, Charles, COL, (1915-1945)

Coffey, Lucy, S/SGT, (1941-1945)

Coffman, William E., T/3, (1943-1946)

Coleman, James Allen, SFC, (1946-1951)

Collier, John, LTG, (1916-1958)

Collins, Harry, MG, (1917-1954)

Colvin, Eugene, T/5, (1945-1946)

Conroy, Patrick, PFC, (1942-1945)

Cooke, Leon Othello, PFC, (1948-1952)

Corner, Stanford Oscar, 1ST SGT, (1941-1950)

Corrall, Frank B., SGT, (1944-1946)

Couch, Roy Everett, COL, (1948-1970)

Cowan, Bonley, PFC, (1945-1946)

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