U.S. Army · United States 
Earle Gilmore Wheeler
General
1908 – 1975
General Earle Gilmore Wheeler served the United States Army for 38 years. Earle served in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Earle was married to Frances Wheeler. Earle was 67 years old.
What Happened
West Point 1932. Chief of Staff of the Army, then the sixth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1964 to 1970 - the whole of the American build-up in Vietnam, from the Tonkin Gulf to Tet.
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Service Record
U.S. Army
United States Army
1932 – 1970
West Point 1932. Chief of Staff of the Army, then the sixth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1964 to 1970 - the whole of the American build-up in Vietnam.
Conflicts
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
30
Grave
434-1
Also Interred
Frances Wheeler
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