# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joshua-l-wheeler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:33:45.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joshua-l-wheeler"
name: "Joshua L. Wheeler"
slug: "joshua-l-wheeler"
description: "Joshua Lloyd Wheeler was a United States Army soldier who was killed in Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. He was a master sergeant assigned to the elite Delta Force, and was the first American service member killed in action as a result of enemy fire while fighting ISIS militants. He was also the first American to be killed in action in Iraq since November 2011."
tagline: "American soldier (1975-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joshua_Wheeler_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1975-11-22"
deathDate: "2015-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.89
  momentum:             1.602787456445993
  historical:           5.630358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%95%D8%B1"
    title: "جۆشوا ویلەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Wheeler"
    title: "Joshua Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جوشوا ويلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operazione_di_salvataggio_in_Iraq_del_22_ottobre_2015"
    title: "Operazione di salvataggio in Iraq del 22 ottobre 2015"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_L._Wheeler"
    title: "Joshua L. Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Wheeler"
    title: "Joshua Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21189767"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump