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

placement of the artillery fire and concluded, “Perhaps that may shed some light upon this incident.” Sgt. Richard Shinto wrote about this night: …I Company under Lt. James Wheatley was waiting for an outfit to relieve us.  Approximately seventeen of us were waiting in the opening of a mineshaft.  It was stuffy and crowded,

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

11 in Honolulu Harbor.  He was soon discharged from the Army. While he was in the hospital in France, Hajiro was recommended by his commander, 1st Lt. James D. Wheatley, for the Medal of Honor and the UK’s Victoria Cross.  When the award came in, it had been downgraded from the Medal of Honor to the

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 this single