Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler was killed in a raid on an ISIS prison, during which some 70 hostages were freed from their clutches.

Joshua is a true American hero and we will always honor his life and sacrifices at the Cherokee Nation.” Baker had seen Wheeler shortly before his last deployment. “Just a good kid,” Baker ...

Joshua Wheeler appears at the L.A. Times Festival of Books at 3 p.m. April 21 on the panel “Writing the West,” moderated by William Deverell, with Stephen G. Bloom ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Friday identified the first soldier to be killed in the war on the Islamic State as Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler of Oklahoma, a Special Forces soldier who died in a ...

Joshua Wheeler became famous as the first American soldier to die in the fight against the Islamic State—ISIS. But there’s more to his story than most people know. Wheeler grew up in a poor ...

Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler The first American service member to die while fighting ISIS "fearlessly exposed himself" to heavy small arms fire during a raid on a militant ...

The Pentagon on Friday identified the American killed in a hostage rescue operation in Iraq this week as Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler, 39, of Oklahoma.