Air Force Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. and wife among dead in DC train crash

UPDATE,,,,They were together since high school.

Service set for Guard commander killed in crash

Staff report
Posted : Friday Jun 26, 2009 13:26:51 EDT

The former commanding general of the D.C. National Guard and his wife, both killed in a deadly train collision in Washington, D.C., will be remembered at a service Monday.

The ceremony in memory of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. and his wife, Ann, begins at 6 p.m. Monday at the D.C. Armory.

The couple will be interred together at Arlington National Cemetery. That ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday.


Wherley and his wife, both 62, died June 22 when the Washington Metro train in which they were riding slammed into the back of a stopped train. Seven other people were killed in the crash, the deadliest in Metro’s 33-year history.

The Wherleys, who were high school sweethearts, are survived by a son, Staff Sgt. David Wherley, 36, a member of the Golden Knights, the Army’s parachute team, and a daughter, Betsy Regan, 35, and her family.

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Retired Guard commander killed in D.C. crash

By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 22:04:30 EDT

The former commanding general of the D.C. National Guard was one of the nine people killed in the deadly train collision Monday in Washington, D.C., according to the National Guard Bureau.

Air Force Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. and his wife, Ann, were killed when a train on Metrorail’s red line ran into the back of a train that had stopped on the same track.

From July 2003 until his retirement in 2008, Wherley was commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters, D.C. National Guard, where he was responsible for operational readiness and command and control of the 2,500 soldiers and airmen in the D.C. Army and Air National Guard.

“We are all deeply saddened by this sudden and tragic loss of General Wherley and his wife, Ann,” said Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, Commanding General of Joint Force Headquarters, District of Columbia National Guard. “I am personally grieved by this unbelievable tragedy. David Wherley and Ann were two of the best people you could ever want to know. This community will grieve, as will the entire National Guard throughout the country who knew and loved them both.”
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