James A. Wheeler Park and Freedom Fountain are dedicated to Captain James A. Wheeler of Tucson, Arizona, and to all members of the armed services who gave their lives in the maintenance of freedom. Wheeler, a United States Air Force captain, was killed in combat on April 18, 1965, over South Viet Nam. Before Lake Havasu City was founded on February 1, 1964, the city's airport area was known as Site Six, an Air Force facility during World War II, and the park and fountain honor that Air Force heritage.