The remains of a U.S. Army private from Hazel Park who was killed in the Korean War have been identified.
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, U.S. Army Pfc. William A. Wheeler, 18, was accounted for on Aug. 27, 2024. Wheeler’s family received their full briefing recently, so additional details are now being shared.
Wheeler was part of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division in September 1950 when he was reported missing in action while his unit was engaged in combat along the Naktong River in the vicinity of Yongsan, South Korea…