Raymond Albert Wheeler

Raymond Albert Wheeler KBE KCIE
Official photo as a lieutenant general
Birth name	Raymond Albert Wheeler
Nickname(s)	"Speck"
Born	(1885-07-31)31 July 1885 Peoria, Illinois, United States
Died	9 February 1974(1974-02-09) (aged 88) Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States
Burial place	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Years of service	1911–1949
Rank	Lieutenant general
Service number	0-3064
Unit	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Commands	Chief of Engineers (1945-1949) Commanding general of the India-Burma theater of operations Acting Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
Battles / wars	Veracruz Expedition World War I World War II
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal (4) Silver Star Legion of Merit
Alma mater	United States Military Academy (BS) United States Army Engineer School United States Army Command and General Staff College (MS) United States Army War College (MS)
Spouse(s)	Olive Keithley ​ ​ (m. 1912; died 1954)​ Virginia Morsey ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	1

Raymond Albert Wheeler (31 July 1885 – 9 February 1974) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and an engineer of international recognition.^[1] He fought in both World Wars, at the Marne in World War I, where he earned a Silver Star, and in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II, where he personally accepted the Japanese surrender in Singapore. During and after the war he held key roles in major engineering projects of the 20th century, to include construction of the Ledo Road, St. Lawrence Seaway, and Missouri Basin Program, the clearing of the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis, and the construction of tens of thousands of miles of rail and highway through Iraq and Iran during the development of Allied supply lines from Europe to Russia during World War II.^[2]