Jerry Wheeler

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Arizona
Support
Anti-War Committee for Non-Violent Action
Jerry Wheeler

Biography

Jerry Wheeler was a participant in the San Francisco-to-Moscow Walk for Peace who left the march to commit civil disobedience at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona. Convicted and sentenced to six months, he wrote from the Pima County Jail; no release record proving full service has been found. He later received jail time connected with anti-nuclear actions in California. A December 1960 photograph on the Monterey Peninsula shows him carrying the walk's CNVA sign, its caption noting he "is now serving a six month term in prison".

Case

Pima County Jail
Charges: Civil disobedience / trespass — antinuclear protest at an Air Force base
Sentence: Six months, for entering Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson — the sentence is firmly documented, and he wrote from the Pima County Jail after conviction, but no release record proves he served the entire term, so the six months is not recorded as time served. He later received further jail time connected with anti-nuclear actions in California.
Convicted: Found guilty (1961)
Institution State: Arizona

Related Cases

Allan Hoffman Allan Hoffman Bill Henry Bill Henry Ed Guerard Ed Guerard Edward Sanders Edward Sanders Eugene Keyes Eugene Keyes Marjorie Swann Marjorie Swann Donald Martin Richard Zink