“October 2009
BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN WHEELER
. . . Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which built the Wall . . . .
Mr. Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1966, serving as a staff officer in Vietnam, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Joint Staff before leaving active service in 1971. While on active duty, he authored the first Biological and Chemical Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual and the analysis supporting the President’s decision that the U.S. will not use biologicals. “
