World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Dean Edward Wheeler, Sr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Coleridge, Nebraska
Honored By
Vera Ellen Wheeler Watkins
Relationship
Daughter
PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS INCLUDING THE BATTLES OF THE CORAL SEA AND LEYTE GULF; SURIGAO STRAIT TO DRIVE THROUGH THE JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND RETAKE THE PHILIPPINES.