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James David Wheatley 3rd Battalion I Company 1st Lieutenant James David Wheatley, Jr. James David Wheatley, Jr.

the cave. Pfc. Shuji Taketomo wrote about this incident: During the day … the meadow next to the I Company location was being shelled.  Acting Company Commander 1st Lt. Wheatley organized the command post near a shale mine entrance that afternoon…. about 9:30p.m….there was a big swoosh followed by an explosion.  The blast was so great

unpleasant task of supervising the removal of the bodies the next morning after the shelling.  Besides your brother there were four others, including a Caucasian officer [ 1st Lt. Wheatley] who died.  There were a number of wounded that were evacuated that night.  I remember it was getting dark when the CP got hit, and there

had been in combat since October 14.  However, after a day there, they were told that the following morning they would be heading out to rescue the 1st Battalion of the 141st (Texas) Regiment.  Despite numerous attempts to rescue it, this battalion remained surrounded on three sides by the enemy after advancing beyond its

was a radioman, he was in the I Company command post, in this case, an abandoned mine shaft which was shelled by the enemy. Acting Company Commander 1st Lt James Wheatley, acting 1st Sgt Lloyd Onoye, Sgt John Ogawa, and a communication man from 3rd Battalion Headquarters, Pfc Mamoru Kinoshita, were all killed in