Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 21 March 1916, Noble County, Indiana. Died: 3 May 1993, Columbia, Whitley, Indiana. Enlisted: 3 July 1942, Toledo, OH.
The 97th segregated engineer regiment arrived at Valdez, Alaska on 29 April 1942. Three feet of snow covered the ground. Captain Wheeler joined the 97th in April of 1943. He was first assigned to Company E and in May 1943, he was assigned to Company B. The Alaska Highway was completed in November 1942 and the 97th maintained the highway until July 1943.
Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Truck Driver and factory worker at International Harvester. His father was Roy E. Wheeler, a farmer, and his mother was Addie B. Fogle. He married June Elizabeth Price on 8 June 1946 in Washington, D.C.
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