Wheeler Elsworth “Tink” Pethtel Jr.

Birth: 9 Jun 1931
Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA
Death: 16 Mar 1952 (aged 20)
North Korea
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery

Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 35.1244722, Longitude: -96.4931139
Memorial ID: 20078915 View Source

He was living in Seminole Co., OK when he enlisted and was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on March 16, 1952.

He was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

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