Body of John Wheeler III, Former Bush Aide, Reagan Official, Found in Del. Landfill

WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS/KYW/AP) Authorities in Delaware have identified the body found in a landfill in Wilmington on New Year's Eve as John Wheeler III, a Delaware man who served three presidents - and they're calling his death a homicide.

John Wheeler III was a US Army captain in the Vietnam War, and led the committee that built the memorial to Vietnam veterans on the National Mall in Wash., D.C.

Police say they were called after the body was dumped out of a garbage truck into the Cherry Island landfill on Friday.

According to CBS affiliate KYW, investigators have not revealed a cause of death.

Wheeler, 66, had served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush, and was a special assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force during President George W. Bush's second term.