Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Colonel

Unit:

4th Engineer Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1920

"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Raymond Albert Wheeler, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As active Regimental Commander of the 4th Engineers, 4th Division, during the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne offensives, Colonel Wheeler ably supported the 4th Division in these operations by the promptness and skill with which he constructed bridges across the Vesle, destroyed enemy wire, and built and maintained roads during the attacks in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. His able and expeditious support of the 3d and 5th Army Corps by constructing roads through the Argonne was a material factor in the rapid advance and ultimate success of the units of those corps during this important operation."

War Department, General Orders No. 68

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Colonel

Unit:

4th Engineer Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army

"Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Raymond Albert Wheeler (ASN: 0-3064), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action while Commanding the 4th Engineer Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in France during World War I."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major General

Unit:

Services of Supply, China-Burma-India Theater (CBI), U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1944

"Major General Raymond Albert Wheeler (ASN: 0-3064), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General, Services of Supply, China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, from 1942 to 1944."

War Department, General Orders No. 7 (1944) & War Department, General Orders No. 12 (1944)
--
Second DSM received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant General

Unit:

Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (SEAC), Allied Forces

Awarded on:

1945

"Lieutenant General Raymond Albert Wheeler (ASN: 0-3064), United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Chief South-East Asia Command, from 1944 to 1945."

War Department, General Orders No. 53
--
Third DSM received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant General

Unit:

Commanding General, China-Burma-India Theater (CBI), U.S. Army

Awarded on:

February 7th, 1947

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant General

Rank:

Lieutenant General

Awarded on:

February 14th, 1958

"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting a Third Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Fourth Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant General (Retired) Raymond Albert Wheeler (ASN: 0-3064), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Officer-in-Charge of clearing the Suez Canal from December 1956 to April 1957."

Department of the Army, General Orders No. 7
--
Fourth DSM received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major General

Unit:

Chief, Military Mission to the Persian Gulf, U.S. Department of War, U.S. Government

"Major General Raymond Albert Wheeler (ASN: 0-3064), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Chief of the Military Mission to the Persian Gulf in 1941 and 1942."

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)